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might say that this is a matter of taste and that there is no objective beauty, objective majesty, objective reverence. At this point all future discussion is pointless, since the Word of God itself could be subjected to the same standard, and my "tastes" may lead me to the Koran instead. At that point we've slidden into the sticky mire that is postmodernism, the same spirit that prompted Pontius Pilate to ask "What is truth?", and has made a mantra out of the saying "That may be true for you but is not true for me."

Amen. For anyone who believes that what we "call" worship is simply a matter of taste, read the account of the golden calf:

"And he received the gold from their hand, and he fashioned it with an engraving tool, and made a molded calf. Then they said, This is your god [Elohim], O Israel, that brought you out of the land of Egypt!' So when Aaron saw it, he built an altar before it. And Aaron made a proclamation and said, 'Tomorrow is a feast to the Lord. [YHVH - the Holy Name of God].'" Exodus 32:4-5

The children of Israel claimed to be "worhipping" the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob - and even referred to Him by His most Holy Names - yet they were idolatrous.

We are not free to "worship" Him according to our tastes. I would argue further however, that the "experiences" of Sunday morning have little or nothing to do with "worship". When one considers the Biblical view of worhip being what one does with the commands of God ALL DAY, EVERY DAY - "Sunday morning experiences" are insignificant.

Our Pastor, two Sundays ago preached from Warren's book, "The Purpose Driven Life" (funny, sermons used to use the Bible as their source). He used the phrase, "When we come in here, we should do this or that..." dozens of times regarding the "worship" and coming into the "worship center" as if worship was something that we did in one place, and at one time, each week.. This was the VERY issue that the Samaratan woman brought up with Jesus. She was concerned with form and function - and PLACE. Jesus first pointed out that the Samaratans were WRONG and that Jerusalem (and the Jews) had it right - the Temple belonged in Jerusalem, not on Mt. Gerezim as the Samaratans believed. And then Jesus went on to show that worship is about "Spirit and Truth". Truth by every Biblical definition is ABSOLUTE. It is not about PLACE, or method - worship is about living LIVES that are reflections of the One Who has called us.

"... for the Father is seeking such to worship Him." John 4:23b