Are you using Scripture in worship services?

Apparently many churches are not.

Here’s an excerpt from an interview with Isaac Wardell of Bifrost Arts and the Director of Worship at Trinity Presbyterian Church in Charlottesville, Virginia:

At an event this year with Francis Chan and other well known leaders, I led the congregation in a prayer, in which I prayed through Psalm 104. Afterward, a number of people, including pastors and worship leaders, came up and asked if they could get a copy of “that beautiful prayer.” Repeatedly, I’d answer that it’s just Psalm 104.

One pastor even pushed further: “But where can I get that setting of the Psalm?” and I answered “the NIV.” That interaction really underscored to me the problem of so many churches regularly not using the Scriptures–the Psalms in particular–as a framework for our worship services.

The three part interview with Isaac is worth your time.

Also see previous post:  Whatever Happened to Congregational Singing?