There is nothing like worship, when it is real, for destroying every shred and atom of a man’s self-importance. A minister of God who carries a sense of his importance about with him, even into the pulpit, is a dreadful and pathetic sight: but who will say it is unknown? If you are to lead others in worship, you must be truly sharing in the act of worship yourself. No doubt this sounds self-evident: yet it does need to be emphasized. It means, fo … Read More
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Excellent! I compare the people who conduct ‘worship’ by doing what THEY desire in the name of religion to the folks to whom Jesus referred when He said, “… they have their reward” when He contrasted proper behavior vs. self-pious behavior (Matt 6).
Isn’t it the tragedy that, with all the so called worship, that God isn’t in it?
Has anyone noticed how the Emergent and Culture-driven churches who host conferences feature businessmen and women as much or more than spiritual teachers? And the spiritual teachers are usually if not totally of dubious pedigree.
Why is that? (rhetorical)