Final Blog

After thinking back about what we have read and discussed in class I feel that there is one issue that we have been trying to solve. I think that every one is trying to figure out what our worship should consist of when it comes to Sunday morning services. It can be a very contoversial subject between churches and the mind set, I feel, has become, "Whatever works for you." I think that this in a way allows people to make they're own interpretation of the Bible and what is important and that is how so many different worship services have come to be. Many worsip services have gotten away from what true worsip looks like. They have become entertainment that plays with your emotion. The worship leader is put up on a pedestal and becomes more than just your normal sinner. The book Worship Matters gives an example of what a worship leaders llife should be like: "A faithful worship leader magnnifies the greatness of God in Jesus Christ through the power of the Holy Spirit by skillfully combining God's Word with music, thereby motivating the gathered church to proclaim the gospel, to chersih God's oresence, and to live for God's glory." Instead of glorifying himself the worship leader needs to be focusing everything on God's glory. The service needs to consist of truth. We need to be reading, singing and praying truth to the people in the congregation. This is how God's glory is shown, throuhg the truth in his Word, not the greatness of the musicians or songs. We need to be calling the church to the Bible. Our call isn ot to give the church something culturally relevant that will move us emotionally but leave us once we leave the service. We need to be calling the church to the truth found is the scripture by choosing music full of God's truth and reading passages of scripture, the source of truth. Through everything we have looked at I feel challenged to always make sure that my worship consists of truth and so that I know exactly who I am worshiping.