N. T. Wright & Marcus Borg — Idolatry
“How do I know if the Jesus I am worshiping is not simply an idol, made in the image either of myself or of my favored ideologies?” -N. T. Wright.
“How do I know if the Jesus I am worshiping is not simply an idol, made in the image either of myself or of my favored ideologies?” -N. T. Wright.
Most commentaries answer that true worship is identified by the right attitude or acceptable degree of passion and with worship activities designed and approved by God. “True worship comes from people who are deeply emotional and who love deep and sound doctrine.” –John Piper in his sermon on John 4:16-26. Some go further to say that [...]
We normally talk about our worship in terms of a “Sunday Service’ or the “worship time.” The activities that surround the Sermon we may describe as the “song service,” “the service of prayer,” or simply as “the worship.” However the Biblical word for all that’s included in our worship is “liturgy” (latreia, see Rom. 12:1)
Would anyone consider an alternate view of true worship? Yes. “Worship must have heart and worship must have head. Worship must engage your emotions and worship must engage your thought. Truth without emotion produces dead orthodoxy and a church full of unspiritual fighters. Emotion without truth produces empty frenzy and cultivates flaky people who reject [...]
Jesus announced “an hour is coming, and now is, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth” John 4:24. Most will answer that true worship is from the heart and the way God designed it.