Worship Wars Quotes

“Senior adults are probably not as averse to worship change as they are to feeling marginalized through those changes. It seems to them that their opinions are no longer needed or considered and their convictions are discounted as antiquated. I can imagine that some seniors view change as something that separates what was from what will be. It appears that the price paid through their years of blood, sweat, tears, and tithes is now being used to build a wall that will sideline or keep them out completely.”
― David W. Manner, Better Sundays Begin on Monday: 52 Exercises for Evaluating Weekly Worship

“We believe music is a universal language just as long as everyone else lives in our universe. It’s impossible for intercultural worship to begin with a common musical style, so it must instead begin with a common biblical content. And when it does, music won’t get the blame for what only theology can fix.”
― David W. Manner, Better Sundays Begin on Monday: 52 Exercises for Evaluating Weekly Worship