Tapescrew on Worship (4)

Biblical vs. Cultural, Centrality of Worship, Culture, Traditional/Contemporary Debate, Worship Wars

WORSHIP NOTES Volume 15, No. 8 (August 2020) Once again with apologies to C.S. Lewis and his Screwtape Letters, here is one more letter from Screwtape’s relative Tapescrew, writing to his own nephew Woodworm and speaking to issues facing worship in our churches today. __________________ My dear Woodworm, It is delightful to see what havoc we have caused around the world by perverting, of all things, the worship of the

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Tapescrew on Worship (2)

Biblical vs. Cultural, Church, Culture, Glory of God, Worship Wars

WORSHIP NOTES Volume 15, No. 6 (June 2020) Again with apologies to C.S. Lewis and his Screwtape Letters, here is another letter from Screwtape’s relative Tapescrew, writing to his own nephew Woodworm and speaking to issues facing worship in our churches today. My dear Woodworm, On earth they are presently in what I like to call the “Do It Yourself” age. Everywhere you look, men and women are in a

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Tapescrew on Worship (with apologies to C.S. Lewis)

Biblical vs. Cultural, Church, Culture, Worship Wars

WORSHIP NOTES Volume 15, No. 5 (May 2020) C.S. Lewis’ Screwtape Letters consist of an imagined correspondence between a senior, experienced demon Screwtape and his young nephew Wormwood. Screwtape gives advice on tempting and leading astray humans; and Lewis thereby makes some insightful and often biting observations about the human condition and how easily we are deceived by the forces of evil. Well, I’m happy to report some new letters

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The Challenges of Worship in the Church

Biblical vs. Cultural, Church, Culture, Traditional/Contemporary Debate, Worship Wars

WORSHIP NOTES Volume 15, No. 2 (February 2020) An enduring question underlying most of our debates, discussions and dissensions about worship is: How can we be biblically faithful in our worship,and yet culturally relevant in our own particular setting? Two issues in particular make this question difficult to answer: CHALLENGE ONE: The virtual silence of the New Testament The startling truth is that the pages of the New Testament contain

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