Baptists and Worship: Sitting Beneath the Gospel’s Joyful Sound

Baptists and Worship: Sitting Beneath the Gospel’s Joyful Sound
ISBN-10
1725271591
ISBN-13
9781725271593
Category
Religion
Pages
265
Language
English
Published
2020-11-30
Publisher
Wipf and Stock Publishers
Author
R. Scott Connell

Description

Worship is dialogue. It is more than that, but it is not less than that. The way Baptists have worshiped for three and a half centuries demonstrates this consistently, in spite of their penchant for freedom and autonomy. No one tells Baptists how to order their worship services. They don't have a common liturgy that they must follow, and yet their services look remarkably similar. This is largely due to two controlling factors in their worship: The Bible that they embrace as inspired, inerrant, authoritative, and sufficient; and the Christ-revealing gospel that is contained within its pages. When the word of God is followed closely, a shape for worship order begins to emerge. It is the same "gospel-shape" that is found throughout the Bible. When the word of God is applied to a worship service in which God and his people are engaged in a worship conversation, a consistent contour of gospel elements and content begins to emerge that reveals the glory of the Christ we gather to worship. He is so glorious that when we behold him, we are transformed into the same image from one degree to another. This is the power of corporate worship (2 Cor 3).

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