Saturday 28 June 2014

Broad Strokes

These are the major ideas / topics / questions that I will be pondering here:
  • The unity view of man versus the dichotomy and trichotomy views and how they affect worship theology and practice.
  • How important are emotions in worship? How important are physical sensations and stimuli? How important is our rational capacity?
  • If these are important to worship, should a worship leader plan liturgy that facilitates these aspects of the self in worship? Isn't this manipulative? On the other hand, isn't not doing so robbing us of more meaningful, God-blessing worship?
  • The idea of 'free-flowing', 'non-liturgical' worship. Is it a myth that we fool ourselves with, or is it an art that few of us ever learn?
  • More importantly, is said 'free-flowing', 'non-liturgical' worship (if it exists) actually better than planned liturgical worship? In what ways? Is it actually more prophetic? Is it more in keeping with human nature? Is it more pleasing to God because it is 'less rehearsed' and 'more honest'?
  • What should we make of the (apparently) modern evangelical term: "worship experiences". Is there such a thing, or are we creating humanist 'religious experiences' designed to tickle mankind's stimuli-response nature instead of facilitating communion with God? Maybe this isn't either/or at all?
  • What about the dangers of (and perhaps the need for) 'seeker-friendly' church services? Should a worship leader make worship easier for 'seekers' by eliminating possibly threatening language or practice from the liturgy, or not?

I'm sure there will be others that come to me. But for now, that's that.

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