Offering as Worship
KCU's president is concerned we are inadvertently deemphasizing the biblical concept of the offering as worship.
KCU's president is concerned we are inadvertently deemphasizing the biblical concept of the offering as worship.
December 10, 2015
By Paul M. Blowers Worship in the church”s context has never been artless, any more than it was artless in Israel”s ancient temple. Worship is already, in one sense, a ritual “performance.” The biblical revelation is our ultimate “script,” and Christian believers are both the “actors” and “spectators” who, through various formal actions””such as singing, proclaiming, praying, confessing, offering, blessing, and eating””remember and replay the mighty deeds of God. Indeed, we join ourselves to a “cast of thousands,” the “cloud of witnesses” (Hebrews 12:1) who have come before us as players in the living drama that is the Christian faith.
January 18, 2006
Tradition can steady a church—but it can also become a rut. Mark A. Taylor explores “traditional” and “contemporary” worship, urging humility, grace, and openness to the Holy Spirit.