This is a helpful video. We came out of a non-denominational church much like the one described in this video and has since joined an Anglican (ACNA) parish. Some of the same concerns that were expressed here were on our minds during our decision making process i.e. feeling like we were watching a performance.
If your church's worship follows the same pattern every week, then its systematic, and an expression of tradition. The question to ask is whether its a healthy tradition or an unhealthy tradition. (E.g. Is it like a good family tradition - like bedtime stories every night, or a prayer of thanksgiving at mealtimes at the dinner table?)
Is Interesting how you saw a difference in you which it seems is working for you and congratulations on that, but on my end I feel more free to worship in an evangelical or non-denominational setting, first they all should know the songs and if they don't thats probably there are some new people coming into Christ, second the way you now worship the Lord for me is more systematically for my taste I feel i will feel like a robot on that settings versus worshipping the Lord and pouring out my emotions towards Him and let Him transform us. God says in 2 Corinthians 3 ;17 to worship Him in spirit and in truth. How i can worship God in Spirit and Truth if I don't involve my emotions? then i am not worshipping genuinely. When we worship in Truth and in Spirit chains has to break, yolks has to break and thats where the spirit is more susceptible to receive Gods healing. Also, worship doesn't necessarily have to do with singing but reading the Bible as worship, listening to worship songs, enjoying Gods creation etc. True worship is not confined to what we do in church or open praise (although these things are both good, and we are told in the Bible to do them). True worship is the acknowledgment of God and all His power and glory in everything we do. The highest form of praise and worship is obedience to Him and His Word. To do this, we must know God; we cannot be ignorant of Him (Acts 17:23). Worship is to glorify and exalt God-to show our loyalty and admiration to our Father. NOTE - God created Music and despite of the genre as long as it does not remind you of any worldly stuff then you are free to worship in truth and in spirit as long as is done genuinely. The problem we have now is that many producers now want to create wordily music into Christian music which i don't agree because if you came out from the world dancing in clubs with let's say salsa music then by creating a salsa Christian music my remind that person about her past and we can 't allow our brothers and sisters fall backwards, but if that was not my case then i can hear that Christian salsa music at home while i am cleaning and it won't remind me on my past because i was never a person to go to clubs etc. Makes sense? it all depends on what works for you but at church we have to be wise what kind of music we use because we have all kind of people coming to seek Christ not a club so the best songs i like is like Hillson songs, slow music that reach the heavens thats what i like and Spanish hymns. Just my honest opinion ;)
This is a helpful video. We came out of a non-denominational church much like the one described in this video and has since joined an Anglican (ACNA) parish. Some of the same concerns that were expressed here were on our minds during our decision making process i.e. feeling like we were watching a performance.
If your church's worship follows the same pattern every week, then its systematic, and an expression of tradition. The question to ask is whether its a healthy tradition or an unhealthy tradition. (E.g. Is it like a good family tradition - like bedtime stories every night, or a prayer of thanksgiving at mealtimes at the dinner table?)
Is Interesting how you saw a difference in you which it seems is working for you and congratulations on that, but on my end I feel more free to worship in an evangelical or non-denominational setting, first they all should know the songs and if they don't thats probably there are some new people coming into Christ, second the way you now worship the Lord for me is more systematically for my taste I feel i will feel like a robot on that settings versus worshipping the Lord and pouring out my emotions towards Him and let Him transform us. God says in 2 Corinthians 3
;17 to worship Him in spirit and in truth. How i can worship God in Spirit and Truth if I don't involve my emotions? then i am not worshipping genuinely. When we worship in Truth and in Spirit chains has to break, yolks has to break and thats where the spirit is more susceptible to receive Gods healing. Also, worship doesn't necessarily have to do with singing but reading the Bible as worship, listening to worship songs, enjoying Gods creation etc. True worship is not confined to what we do in church or open praise (although these things are both good, and we are told in the Bible to do them). True worship is the acknowledgment of God and all His power and glory in everything we do. The highest form of praise and worship is obedience to Him and His Word. To do this, we must know God; we cannot be ignorant of Him (Acts 17:23). Worship is to glorify and exalt God-to show our loyalty and admiration to our Father.
NOTE - God created Music and despite of the genre as long as it does not remind you of any worldly stuff then you are free to worship in truth and in spirit as long as is done genuinely. The problem we have now is that many producers now want to create wordily music into Christian music which i don't agree because if you came out from the world dancing in clubs with let's say salsa music then by creating a salsa Christian music my remind that person about her past and we can 't allow our brothers and sisters fall backwards, but if that was not my case then i can hear that Christian salsa music at home while i am cleaning and it won't remind me on my past because i was never a person to go to clubs etc. Makes sense? it all depends on what works for you but at church we have to be wise what kind of music we use because we have all kind of people coming to seek Christ not a club so the best songs i like is like Hillson songs, slow music that reach the heavens thats what i like and Spanish hymns.
Just my honest opinion ;)