Sunday, October 28, 2012

Distinctives: Covenantal Worship


Covenantal Worship


We are careful to heed Isaiah’s warning that our mouth may honor the Lord, but our heart may be far from him. Thus we rightly abhor rote, dull liturgy. On the flip side of that – nothing presents a more glorious worship experience than heart filled, robust, interactive liturgy. Such liturgy consists of two aspects: [1] the people of God together joyfully exclaiming prayers of praise and confession, hearing the Scriptures read/preached, confessing our faith, and singing “psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs” in the Spirit; and [2] The Triune God proclaiming words of peace, exhortation, encouragement, warning, comfort, and truth to His covenant people through his ordained ministers/undershepherds. Each Lord's Day is a joyful covenant renewal/reminder between us, the corporate Bride of Christ, and Christ, our covenant Head/Husband. Also, we will not segregate families in worship because God does not do so. Covenantal worship is necessarily family-integrated.

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