The Worship Quote of the Week for (11/16/1999):

Ignorant Worship Today's WORSHIP QUOTE is another that addresses the important balance between "head" and "heart" when it comes to matters of prayer and worship. IGNORANT WORSHIP We must not worship without study, for ignorant worship is of limited value and can be very dangerous. We may develop "a zeal for God, but not according to knowledge" (Rom. 10:2) and do great harm to ourselves and others. But worship must be added to study to complete the renewal of our mind through a willing absorption in the radiant person who is worthy of all praise. Study without worship is also dangerous, and the people of Jesus constantly suffer from its effects, especially in academic settings. To handle the things of God without worship is always to falsify them. - Dallas Willard, in THE DIVINE CONSPIRACY: REDISCOVERING OUR HIDDEN LIFE IN GOD, HarperSanFrancisco, 1998, Chapter 9, "A Curriculum for Christlikeness," p. 362. [For a similar quote from John Stott's ROMANS: GOD'S GOOD NEWS FOR THE WORLD, take a look at <>. Stott talks about the necessity for both theology (belief about God) and doxology (worship of God).] Have a great week, Chip Stam Pastor of Worship and Music Chapel Hill Bible Church Chapel Hill, North Carolina