“For people who cannot get to church for various reasons, this is a great option. But it will always be a poor substitute for joining the faith community in person. Surely, the church experience is about more than a message. We are always better off together than flying solo. Godcasting is a supplement, not a substitute for weekly worship.” PeoplePersonsReasonTogetherCommunityChurchPoorWorshipMessagesVariousFlyingSubstitutesSoloBetter OffJoiningSupplementsFaith Community Author:Craig Detweiler
“When I sing for God, I feel myself in accord with God, and the house of God, Mecca, is right in front of me. And I worship. When I sing for Mohammed, peace be upon him, our prophet, I feel like I am sitting right next to his tomb, Medina, and paying him respect and admitting to myself that I accept his message.” FeelsNextHouseAcceptingFrontsWorshipMessagesSittingProphetAccordTombsAdmittingMeccaHouse Of GodMedina Author:Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan
“Even if one is familiar with the precise meaning of everything one recites, the act of worship can hardly have any significance at all unless it registers the overall message each part of our prayers is meant to convey.” IfsPrayerWorshipMessagesFamiliarSignificancePreciseOur PrayersRegister Author:Immanuel Jakobovits, Baron Jakobovits
“The message of the season is not, "Let it snow" or even, "Let us shop." The real message of Christmas is, "Let us worship." That is what the wise men came to do. And that is what we should be doing as well.” MenShouldWellsRealWiseWorshipMessagesSeasonsSnowShops Author:Greg Laurie
“the way in which a faith community shapes language about God implicity represents what it takes to be the highest good, the profoundest truth, the most appealing beauty. ... While officially it is rightly and consistently said that God is spirit and so beyond identification with either male or female sex, yet the daily language of preaching, worship, catechesis, and instruction conveys a different message: God is male, or at least more like a man than a woman, or at least more fittingly addressed as male than as female.” MenWaySaidDifferentGodSpiritLanguageSexCommunityShapesWorshipMessagesHighestFemaleMalesInstructionConsistentlyPreachingIdentificationFaith Community Author:Elizabeth A. Johnson
“Our message, to people around the country and around the world, is this: Apple is open. Open to everyone, regardless of where they come from, what they look like, how they worship or who they love.” PeopleWorldLooksCountryWorshipMessagesAround The WorldApples Author:Tim Cook
“This trivializing rhetoric runs the subtle but unmistakable message: pray if you like, worship if you must, but whatever you do, do not on any account take your religion seriously.” IfsRunningChristianReligiousPrayingWorshipMessagesAccountsSubtleRhetoric Author:Stephen L. Carter
“The gut-check message is do we have the right balance in our culture? Or are we in a position where hero worship and winning at all costs has subordinated our core values?” ValuesCultureWinningPositionHeroBalanceCostWorshipMessagesCoreChecksGutsCore ValuesHero Worship Author:Mark Emmert
“Chapel services on race day have a calming effect. It's a nice time for us to worship and try to get the message and hear some music and have a little fellowship together before we get to racing.” TryingLittlesTogetherRaceNiceEffectsWorshipMessagesRacingFellowshipCalmingChapelNice TimeRace DayCalming Effect Author:Matt Kenseth
“Worship is a powerful witness to unbelievers-if God's presence is felt, and if the message is understandable. God's presence must be sensed in the service. More people are won to Christ by feeling God's presence than by all our apologetic arguments combined. Few people, if any, are converted to Christ on purely intellectual grounds. It is the sense of God's presence that melts the heart and explodes mental barriers.” PeopleIfsHeartFeelingsFeltChristPowerfulWorshipMessagesIntellectualArgumentWitnessBarriersUnbelieversApologeticGod's Presence Author:Rick Warren
“Phrases like Worship Service or Service of Worship are tautologies. To worship God means to serve him. Basically there are two ways to do it. One way is to do things for Him that He needs to have done - run errands for Him, carry messages for Him, fight on His side, feed His lambs, and so on. The other way is to do things for Him that you need to do - sing songs for Him, tell Him what's on your mind and in your heart, in general rejoice in Him.” WayNeedsMindHeartMeanTwoDoneRunningSongFightingSidesWorshipMessagesOne WayPhrasesRejoiceTwo WaysLambsWorship GodErrandsTautologyWorship Service Author:Frederick Buechner
“Many seducers clutter the simple message of the gospel with legalistic additions, with convoluted attempts to legitimize moral compromise, and with psychological theories that turn churches into relational support groups instead of houses of worship.” TurnsHouseChurchSimpleMoralSupportGroupsTheoryWorshipMessagesPsychologicalCompromiseClutterConvolutedSupport GroupsHouses Of Worship Book:So, You Want To Be Like Christ?: Eight Essentials to Get You There Source: So, You Want To Be Like Christ?: Eight Essentials to Get You There
“So when we come across somebody who does understand this and makes an effort to try and explain it to us, some people freak out and turn that person into either an object of worship or, some people freak out and want to kill that person. I think it's because they know what's true but they don't want to know, they don't want to face up to what that actually means. So they're going to kill the messenger and hope that by doing so they'll destroy the message so they can go back to living their ordinary life again.” PeopleThinkingKnowsWantTryingMeanPersonsDoeFacesTurnsEffortObjectsWorshipMessagesOrdinaryFreakMessengersOrdinary Life Author:Brad Warner
“Usually I'm able to prepare a message about two to three weeks in advance.I know some preachers don't like that. They want to be finishing it on Friday before they preach it on Sunday, but our worship team really likes me to get it done way in advance.” KnowsWayWantTwoDoneAbleThreeWeekTeamWorshipMessagesLikesSundayPreacherFridayFinishingGet It DoneFinishing It Author:Max Lucado