Posted on 05/10/2010 1:33:24 PM PDT by markomalley
I'm going to make this real simple. . .
1. The worship of the early Church
"And on the day called Sunday, all who live in cities or in the country gather together to one place, and the memoirs of the apostles or the writings of the prophets are read, as long as time permits; then, when the reader has ceased, the president verbally instructs, and exhorts to the imitation of these good things. Then we all rise together and pray, and, as we before said, when our prayer is ended, bread and wine and water are brought, and the president in like manner offers prayers and thanksgivings, according to his ability, and the people assent, saying Amen; and there is a distribution to each, and a participation of that over which thanks have been given, and to those who are absent a portion is sent by the deacons."
--Justin Martyr, I Apol. 67 (A.D. 150-155)
2. What many today call Christian worship. . .
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"Sunday's Coming" Movie Trailer from North Point Media on Vimeo.
By the way, there's a little joke in here. The Hebrew tattoo deliberately incorrectly spells God's name. Instead of God's name (יהוה ), it says, ויהי , translated, "And it came to pass" or "And it was so." Of course the joke here is that people who get Hebrew tattoos really do not know how to read Hebrew at all.
Hilarious!
H/T Bob Cargill
Hilarious. And sad.
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i’ve been involved in comtemporary worship services for years, and i love them. i’m using a talent God gave me, to thank and praise him.
the bible is full of stories of people singing, clapping, dancing, shouting and generally enjoying praising their savior. why shouldn’t we continue with contemporary music? we are tasked with going into all the world to preach the gospel.. how can we do that if we can’t relate to people, or draw them to us? music is a universal language.
however, many churches do cross the line. when they get to the point where it has become pure performance for the sake of performing and showing off for an audience, i don’t believe that is still worship.
My Hispanic Catholic congregation has all those elements from time to time, and scores of babies, too.
By the way, there's a little joke in here. The Hebrew tattoo deliberately incorrectly spells God's name. Instead of God's name (יהוה ), it says, ויהי , translated, "And it came to pass" or "And it was so." Of course the joke here is that people who get Hebrew tattoos really do not know how to read Hebrew at all.
< snicker>. Never, ever get a tat in a language you can't read.
And a real Hebrew probably wouldn't be getting a tattoo anyway.
Video at link.
Being commented in a couple Protestant blogs I'm aware of. Justin Taylor's Between Two Worlds and Scott Clark's Heidelblog.
It is hilarious. And too true.
And you know what's sad? The only difference between "contemporary" and "Traditional" is "Gaither Song, Gaither Song." instead of "CCM top 40 song".
the bible is full of stories of people singing, clapping, dancing, shouting and generally enjoying praising their savior. why shouldn’t we continue with contemporary music? we are tasked with going into all the world to preach the gospel.. how can we do that if we can’t relate to people, or draw them to us? music is a universal language.
Except that framing it as "traditional vs. contemporary" doesn't even frame the question properly.
What informs worship? Right now, "traditional" or "contemporary", it's usually just whatever comes into someone's head to do.
Read through the comments at Who Says the Evangelicals Don't Have a Liturgy? (Scott Clark's Heidelblog, on the same vid.)
Heidelblog, Who Says Evangelicals Don't Have a Liturgy?
Comments on both are worth looking through.
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