tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post6848277271780178285..comments2024-03-27T15:47:46.091-05:00Comments on Pastoral Meanderings: Liberty and Freedom in Worship. . .Pastor Petershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10653554256101480140noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post-17691618279965620432014-09-02T10:52:08.285-05:002014-09-02T10:52:08.285-05:00And don't forget we are also free men, and tho...And don't forget we are also free men, and those freed ought to be thankful to their Liberator. So thankful are they, they will do what the world sees as boring or monotonous in their thankfulness to Him.Janis Williamshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02947508427040251166noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post-66763943977813891842014-09-02T10:36:52.386-05:002014-09-02T10:36:52.386-05:00Spot on, John! This recoverig member of the Evang...Spot on, John! This recoverig member of the Evangelical Industial Complex is perfectly at home in the Liturgy!<br /><br />It seems we Christians don't "get" that we are now slaves to righteousness (Rom. 6). If ever there were a liturgy of life (repetition day to day), a slave certainly had it. Get up, do what your master says, sleep, get up and do it all again.<br /><br />Rebellion against monotony in life is contrasted to the Stuart Smalley attitude of what is preached in the former Compaq Center. We are not champions, not destined for greatness, not spiritually powerful. It is in weakness, in the slave's atitude (obedience), in the Theology of the Cross we belong. <br /><br />The Liturgy is God speaking to us. Slaves just need to shut up, listen, do, and be thankful for a Gracious Master.Janis Williamshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02947508427040251166noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post-48143686023246927712014-09-02T06:31:36.208-05:002014-09-02T06:31:36.208-05:00Folks looking for something "meaningful"...Folks looking for something "meaningful" flock to a guy in Texas who draws in tens of thousands in a weekend. They hear how their lives on the planet can be what God has planned for them in this life. Oddly, he tells his TV audience to find a Bible based church in their area, while his message seems to lack much, if any basis in The Bible. <br /><br />Neither Pastor, nor Congregation should ever, EVER feel a need to abandon or water down God's very word in the liturgy for happy clappy crap that might tickle one's innards. <br /><br />This layman will never be a member of a congregation that has anything other than, or in addition to a truly liturgical service. Such a congregation doesn't know what it wants to be when it grows up. <br /><br /><br /><br />Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07186384126211612393noreply@blogger.com