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God Is Not the Object of Our Worship

He is the subject who forms us as we sing, tell, pray, and enact God's story in worship.

Robert E. Webber, excerpted from The Divine Embrace | posted 4/30/2007 10:18AM

In recent years worship has been wrenched from the story of God and has been formed by some of the narratives of contemporary culture. Many find only a cultural manifestation of Christianity that bears ...

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LK in Hope, Idaho

Posted: May 07, 2007 1:38 AM


Good grief, I'm so thankful the Lord teaches us to be discerning. The Holy Spirit reveals God's truths to be understandable, 100% believable, and an easy read (to a Christian). I don't know what it would take, to make Webber an understandable read. Surely the average Joe and Jane Doe are unable to put Webber's writings into something you could share with a child, let alone your spouse.

Derrick

Posted: May 02, 2007 5:02 AM

No. It's too intellectually challenging. I think I know what Webber is saying. His high minded criticism of contemporary worship as narcissitic contains narcissism of its own. The Gospel (good news) lends itself best to thinking about God in less sophisticated terms: Abba(daddy) the Son, the Holy Spirit. Should God honor the criticism of one group of His children toward another? Will God recieve some new level of passionate worship filled with (better?, more?) truth as a result of The Divine Embrace? I'll hope so but I doubt it.

TMB in Seattle

Posted: April 30, 2007 4:58 PM


Webber on worship is wonderful. May God display his story in us all. (Please, clean up the copy on the 4th to last paragraph.)

AUSTIN IROAJANMA,Esq

Posted: April 30, 2007 12:30 PM


Its a timeless masterpiece.I strongly recommend it for wider circulation to the generality of the Church. Thanks. AUSTIN IROAJANMA. ATTORNEY

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