The Highway Forums General Discussion Open Forum "Christian" art and "Christian" music?

BTW, I'm only "living" (read: existing) here in as a true-blooded Yankee! [img]http://www.the-highway.com/w3timages/icons/grin.gif" alt="grin" title="grin[/img]<br><br>Now, in regard to the Easter worship service and the woman getting up to admire the sunset... hmmmm! My initial response would be negative. Why? Because it appears to conflate the creation and the Creator, Who is to be the object of worship. Additionally, in a corporate worship service, God is to be comprehended through His preached Word, by and through which the Holy Spirit speaks to the mind and heart of God's children. As Paul says so marvelously in Romans 1:19, 20, et al, the natural creation, although it clearly reveals the Creator, it is impossible that it can speak of Him as Saviour. This is and should be the Christian's focus; God as the Creator-Redeemer Who has bought us by shedding His own blood and desires that we worship Him in Spirit and Truth, not through the elements which He has made. God has provided us with those elements which HE deems sufficient and necessary in worship; e.g., the preaching of the Word and the two sacraments of baptism and the Lord's Table. Today, there is this notion that "things" are good and necessary as aids to help us worship God. Man has introduced myriads of novel "things" into the worship of God and in so doing they have diminished the value and validity of worship that flows from the heart and which is spiritual, e.g., puppet shows, skits, dancing, worship bands, etc., etc... It seems that the awe that one should possess in knowing who God IS is insufficient for these ecclesiastical entrepreneurs. They are easily "bored" with the pure worship of God and need "things" to give us some kind of "boost"; an emotional jump starter.<blockquote>It is an inexpressible grief to me to see the church spending its energies in a vain attempt to lower its testimony to suit the ever-changing sentiment of the world about it. - Benjamin B. Warfield</blockquote>In His Grace,