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“Every single sin we commit, all the way back to Adam and Eve consuming the piece of forbidden fruit in the Garden of Eden, is therefore a failure to recognize the glory of God as our true joy, summum bonum, or chief end.”
― Souls: How Jesus Saves Sinners
― Souls: How Jesus Saves Sinners
“The “Order Principle” in 1 Corinthians 14 means that Christian worship should be structured in such a way that instruction is clear, intelligibility is essential, ordained roles and teaching offices are maintained, all the saints are built up in the faith, love and peace are abundant, and God is glorified in all things.
It is for this reason that Christians have historically ordered their meetings and services around a well-structured service that takes believers through all of the essential components or elements of a full, robust worship experience. We might speak of this as the “liturgy,” from the Latin word liturgia meaning “service.” A well-ordered liturgy takes the gathered saints through an incredibly beautiful journey in which practically every aspect of the history of redemption is recalled and applied.
Although there is great variation in ancient, historic, Protestant, and even Reformed liturgies of worship, certain basic elements are usually present somewhere in the service. These include: an acknowledgment of God as Creator, a confession of the fallen state of man, a rehearsal of the Law of God, the proclaiming of the saving Gospel of Christ, the tangible celebration of the sacraments, and the blessing of the Christian life.
In other words, the service moves through the history of redemption: Creation, Fall, Redemption, and Consummation. Worship is therefore Trinitarian. God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit are each extolled and praised.”
― Worshiptainment: The Modern Church's Golden Calf
It is for this reason that Christians have historically ordered their meetings and services around a well-structured service that takes believers through all of the essential components or elements of a full, robust worship experience. We might speak of this as the “liturgy,” from the Latin word liturgia meaning “service.” A well-ordered liturgy takes the gathered saints through an incredibly beautiful journey in which practically every aspect of the history of redemption is recalled and applied.
Although there is great variation in ancient, historic, Protestant, and even Reformed liturgies of worship, certain basic elements are usually present somewhere in the service. These include: an acknowledgment of God as Creator, a confession of the fallen state of man, a rehearsal of the Law of God, the proclaiming of the saving Gospel of Christ, the tangible celebration of the sacraments, and the blessing of the Christian life.
In other words, the service moves through the history of redemption: Creation, Fall, Redemption, and Consummation. Worship is therefore Trinitarian. God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit are each extolled and praised.”
― Worshiptainment: The Modern Church's Golden Calf
“If they never learn to fight with plastic bows and arrows, they may never learn how to fight with words and logic in the realm of ideas.”
― Bold as a Lion: Christian Courage in an Age of Cowards
― Bold as a Lion: Christian Courage in an Age of Cowards
“Nobody telling everybody about somebody.” This sums up the Great Commission quite succinctly.”
― Unknown: The Extraordinary Influence of Ordinary Christians
― Unknown: The Extraordinary Influence of Ordinary Christians
“I believe that cowardice cost us more lives and livelihoods than the virus ever did. Fear was at epidemic proportions. Christians, whose doctrine teaches that we ought not to fear death, feared death as much or more than the unbelievers.”
― Bold as a Lion: Christian Courage in an Age of Cowards
― Bold as a Lion: Christian Courage in an Age of Cowards
