Worship Quotables

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• Creation and Incarnation
  In the very act of the creation the possibility of a future incarnation was made possible. If humankind is produced in the image of God then there is some of that image in God. Hence God can become incarnate. —Bernard Ramm, An Evangelical Christology, 53
• The Dialogue of Worship
  Too often worship is approached from the dimension of man and what he may get out of it.  Certainly man does stand to profit from worship but to approach it from this direction is to miss it altogether.  Worship is offered to God for God’s sake, and yet God works in worship for man’s sake.  […]
• Interceding for Us
  The benefits of Jesus’ intercession are twofold: first, His intercession insures the final salvation of believers (“those who draw near,” Hebrews 7:25).  Second, His intercession provides daily help to believers.  According to 2:17-18 Jesus is able to help His brethren in their temptations to sin and unbelief.  In 4:14-16 the readers are encouraged to draw […]
• All Generations
  “This is not your grandfather’s church,” announced by the leadership of one “conservative” denomination. This is an arresting claim. Why is it not his church? Whose church is it? Is he not welcome? Should he not belong?  —Terry L. Johnson, “Catholicity and Intergenerational Worship,” 12 Kings of the earth and all peoples,princes and all rulers […]