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Intelligent Worship
Testament language, literature and theology at the University of Edinburgh, Scotland. INTELLIGENT WORSHIP The worship of Christians today should be informed and enriched by biblical teachings and that worship should be conducted thoughtfully in the light of the need to distinguish between mere human religion (which is always idolatrous in tendency, whether Christian or non-Christian) and the revelation of God. Precisely if worship seems a familiar activity to contemporary Christians, there is all the more reason to do some serious reflection, taking nothing for granted and considering afresh the meaning and implications of Christian devotion. . . . Intelligent worship of Jesus includes bringing to that worship a grasp of what the gospel of Jesus Christ tells us of God’s purposes. Reflecting today on the worship of Jesus can lead Christians to a deeper discovery of God and of who Christians are called to be in God’s redemptive grace. —Larry W. Hurtado, AT THE ORIGINS OF CHRISTIAN WORSHIP: THE CONTEXT AND CHARACTER OF EARLIEST CHRISTIAN DEVOTION, Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1999, p. 118. ISBN 0-8028-4749-8 Have a great week! Chip Stam Director, Institute for Christian Worship School of Church Music and Worship Southern Baptist Theological Seminary Louisville, Kentucky www.carlstam.org www.sbts.edu |