The Bible means exactly what it says (just like the Constitution does). God did not make any mistakes, and He would tell us if He wanted anything changed. Until God tells us otherwise, we should take the Bible as literal.
As for modern worship, that is also consistent with biblical worship. The original manuscripts of the New Testament were in conversational language, and the original point was to follow the spirit of God's Word rather than allowing outdated traditions to interfere. Then that meant getting away from the stilted pharisees who had forgotten the meaning of the words they recited and the point behind the strict rules they enforced, and today that means getting away from our own stilted traditionalists who have forgotten the meaning of the words they recite from memory and the point behind the strict rules they blindly endorse.
While the stately language of the King James Version sounds impressive, okay, I confess, I love KJV, but it can put a barrier of formality between us as Christians and God's Word. Similarly, to the extent that traditional methods of worship impose artificial barriers, they are not consistent with our original practices as Christians. [Note: In no way am I endorsing "modern" methods of worship that violate the literal word of the Bible or deny God/Jesus, just modern worship music and less formal/stilted/dated language/conversation when appropriate.]
Oh, there are a lot of lively conversations and debates that still go on in the body.
Try old earth creationism, if one wants to raise a stir, for instance. (I aver that there is nothing that forbids a parallel time line explanation, which goes even deeper than day-age metaphor. I.e. God records activities on calendar A, which is stretched alongside the world’s calendar B. General relativity already tells us sufficient speed on the Creator’s part can achieve this.)
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*[Note: In no way am I endorsing “modern” methods of worship that violate the literal word of the Bible or deny God/Jesus, just modern worship music and less formal/stilted/dated language/conversation when appropriate.]*
Regarding KJV/Anglicans - Our Founders envisioned a free Republic, and they understood the arbitrary nature and travesty of King James establishing himself by law as de facto caliph in A.D. 1611.
The Anglican Church was founded as a State Institution and as such, all subordinates of the King in all his territories were then members of the Church of England, not by choice; but by royal ordinance.
Being visionaries, the Founders recognized the need to guarantee our freedom to worship our Creator independently, and they were also men who publicly invoked God’s help every time they assembled. They did not foresee, nor would they have allowed, the formation of a society that might possibly enact laws forbidding Bibles and prayer.
God Bless America, MAGA!