Tuesday, August 10, 2004

Contemporary Vs. Traditional Worship

Labels can be very helpful, but it is sad that this debate comes down to these labels because neither is the real issue. The issue of worship is to be God centered vs. man centered, or that which is designed to please God vs. that which is designed to be pleasing to man. Traditional Worship can be man centered if a church decides to be Traditional solely based on what their people like. And Contemporary Worship seems to often be man centered, in that its whole focus is on what will appeal to this generation. But shouldn't all worship seek to be God centered and contemporary? What I mean by that is not that every church needs to sing choruses, have guitars and drums, and be lead by a worship team, rather the service is to be applicable to life. When our focus shifts to trying to make a service contemporary or traditional in the common use the labels, it becomes dangerous because both are then often man centered rather than God centered.

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