The Dangerous Act of Worship: Living God's Call to JusticeInterVarsity Press, 20 aug. 2009 - 200 pagini What's at stake in our worship? Everything. Worship is the dangerous act of waking up to God and God's purposes in the world. But something has gone wrong with our worship. Too often worship has become a place of safety and complacency, a narrowly private experience in which solitary individuals only express their personal adoration. Even when we gather corporately, we often close our eyes to those around us, focusing on God but ignoring our neighbor. But true biblical worship does not merely point us upward—it should turn us outward as well. In this prophetic wake-up call for the contemporary church, pastor Mark Labberton reconnects Christian worship with biblical justice. From beginning to end, worship must pursue justice and seek righteousness, translating into transformed lives that care for the poor and the oppressed. Labberton shows how to move beyond the comfort of safe worship to authentic worship that is awake to the needs of the world. |
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... safe course of action . " RICHARD J. MOUW , PRESIDENT AND PROfessor of CHRISTIAN PHILOSOPHY , FULLER THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY " Dangerous indeed ! Not only is true worship dangerous , as Mark Labberton sug- gests , but this book is ...
... safe coziness of familiarity is too hard to resist . Wakefulness de- mands too much energy or strength that cannot be mustered or sustained . Some Christians and some congregations seem to have selective wakefulness . After all , we are ...
... safe worship can be found across the board, from Low to High liturgical churches, from formal to informal, from traditional to emergent. In the best sense, safe worship encompasses positive dimen- sions that we call faithful, reliable ...
... safe worship services are often one hour long and recognized by reliability , predictability and measuredness . Variation is kept to a minimum . For those who find even this low - level risk too high , sitting toward the back helps ease ...
... safe . Three hymns or five choruses , two texts , some prayers and a sermon ; out by noon , add coffee and it's just right ! Or praise songs followed by more praise songs , spiced up with some candles and a video clip . Or worship ...
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