“I once paid a visit to one of the most mega of America’s megachurches…. I went into this modern worship situation with as open a mind as I could muster. I left perplexed. I was perplexed not by what was said or done in the service as much as what was left unsaid and undone.” - C.Leaders
“As iron sharpens iron, so one person sharpens another.” (Proverbs 27:17)
5 Big Things Missing from Modern Worship
Since 2005
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NewThe whole kit and caboodle missing?
If one eliminated all five things Challies mentions--prayer, Scripture reading, expository preaching, confession of sin & assurance of pardon, and congregational singing--from my church, we'd basically be left with announcements.
It's probably not quite that bad, but there is a point where you've got to ask, along with the late Clara Peller, "Where's the beef?".
Aspiring to be a stick in the mud.
NewPrayers
One of the things I noticed right away when I started getting involved in the church where I serve now: We have a lot of prayer in the service, and a lot of different people doing it. They put a lot of thought into it, too, so it’s not a “I’m on the spot so I’ll say what I usually do when that happens” situation. Mostly. Sometimes that happens, too.
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