God invites us, we don’t invite Him. God designs a worship service, so we shouldn’t seek to reinvent it. Every element of His worship is patterned by God Himself & revealed in His word, so it is not up to His people to innovate for themselves. While the statements above may sound too rigid for…

“Freedom in worship” is an idea that is prevalent in the modern American church. In fact, some Christians will choose a church based almost solely on the music & how demonstrative a congregation is. The bar continues to be raised as the years go on, as we experiment with new ways to elevate the worship…

The worship leader invites the Spirit to join the church, upbeat & energetic praise songs ring out. At some point the tempo shifts, as does the atmosphere we’ve been setting up for God to move in – as we enter a more intimate time of worshipful music. We expect to witness the manifest presence of…

What is corporate worship & what is it for? If the trends are true we should expect a supernatural encounter as we sing, a tangible experience that we can feel. The less structure the better, since the belief is that spontaneity encourages the Spirit to manifest in our services. The Bible says the opposite, as…

The triumphal entry of Christ leads us to the topic of worship. What is it? What does it look like & how can we be a worshipper? We’ll be answering these questions today as we take a short break from our verse by verse journey through Luke’s gospel. Before we can look at counterfeit worship…