We all love “worship experiences” with God. Experiences aren’t evil. But the concept of worship as an “experience” is fairly foreign to Scripture. I say “fairly” because there are times when worshipping God was definitely an experience! (2 Chron. 5:11-14;Acts...
If you are struggling with ‘filling in dead time’ during worship, Rich over at Sound Doxology has some thoughts worth considering: Many times I have found myself standing awkwardly on stage in between songs, looking slightly fidgety awaiting the introduction...
Have you checked out the MySpace video from the Passion Mexico City and Passion Seoul (Korea) conferences? The native language is used alongside English in worship and obviously strikes a chord with the congregation (the videos for “How Great Thou...
“The church that can’t worship must be entertained. And men who can’t lead a church to worship must provide the entertainment.” – A.W. Tozer. This is quite a challenge – especially as we all prepare to lead worship this Sunday....
In too many churches, I think, worship is just the prelude to the sermon…the implication being that we’ll get past all the preliminaries and we’ll get to the meat of the service, which is the sermon. What I want people...
Mike Harland of Lifeway Resources, in this presentation with Ed Stetzer, offers this good, concise definition: Worship is our response to Who God is and what He’s done. The whole video – Worship: Reverence vs. Relevance – is a bit...
Here’s terrific new song – apparently inspired by Bono – that’s worthy of your consideration (it made my list): Follow Me – Leeland You live among the least of these The weary and the weak And it would be a...
We have created the impression that worship has to do with sanctuaries, chapels, prayer houses, ecclesiastical orders, and liturgical formats. True worship of God calls not for functional church buildings, music of FM radio quality, or slick church services. Of...
Pastor & author Voddie Baucham has an interesting response to this question: I have a very high view of the role of the worship leader. I view leading worship as a sort of pastoral responsibility to which one must be...
The World Harvest Children’s Home in Cazeau, Haiti provides food, medicine, and care to 80 orphaned, sick, and handicapped children in Cazeau, Haiti. Here’s the description: Traveling to remote, impoverished villages, founder Miriam Fredericks rescues handicapped, abandoned, and starving children –...