“Worship is of fundamental significance to the life of the individual and to the corporate life of the church, yet we rarely hear it taught as a discipline or practice in the gathering of believers.” IndividualChurchPracticeTaughtDisciplineWorshipFundamentalsBelieverCorporateSignificanceGathering Author:Carl Tuttle
“Very talented people make some very bad songs so that people with a fourth grade reading level can sing along. Sure, corporate worship is good- but for me, I get very bored in Church trying to worship.” PeopleTryingSongReadingChurchLevelsWorshipCorporateBoredGradesFourthFourth GradeCorporate Worship Author:Reese Roper
“...left to ourselves we lapse into a kind of collusion with entrophy, acquiescing in the general belief that things may be getting worse but that there's nothing much we can do about them. And we are wrong. Our task in the present...is to live as resurrection people in between Easter and the final day, with our Christian life, corporate and individual, in both worship and mission, as a sign of the first and a foretaste of the second.” PeopleFirstsKindMayChristianIndividualBeliefLeftCan DoWorshipTasksFinalsMissionsChristian LifeCorporateResurrectionEasterLapsesCollusion Author:N. T. Wright
“Corporate worship is a regular gracious reminder that it's not about you. You've been born into a life that is a celebration of another.” BornWorshipCorporateCelebrationRemindersGraciousCorporate Worship Author:Paul David Tripp
“One does not structure the church to meet the felt needs and desires of the tares. The purpose of corporate assembly, which has its roots in the Old Testament, is for the people of God to come together corporately to offer their sacrifices of praise and worship to God. So the first rule of worship is that it be designed for believers to worship God in a way that pleases God.” PeopleWayNeedsFirstsDoeTogetherDesirePurposeFeltChurchSacrificePleaseOffersWorshipRootsPraiseStructureBelieverCorporateTestamentAssemblyOld TestamentWorship GodPraise And Worship Author:R. C. Sproul
“Seeking God? We have totally revised corporate worship services to be sensitive to "seekers." If worship were to be tailored for seekers, it would be directed exclusively to believers, for no one except believers ever seeks God (Rom. 3:9-12).” IfsWould BeWorshipSeekingBelieverCorporateSensitiveSeekersSeeking GodTailoredWorship ServiceCorporate Worship Author:R. C. Sproul
“Worship is our response, both personal and corporate, to God for who He is, and what He has done; expressed in and by the things we say and the way we live.” WayDoneWorshipResponseCorporate Book:Wired: Student Edition of The Air I Breathe Source: Wired: Student Edition of The Air I Breathe
“Worship ought not to be construed in a utilitarian way. Its purpose is not to gain numbers nor for our church to be seen as successful. Rather, the entire reason for our worship is that God deserves it. (Worship) immerses us in the regal splendor of the King of the cosmos…provides opportunities for us to enjoy God’s presence in corporate ways that takes us out of time and into the eternal purposes of God’s kingdom. As a result, we shall be changed—but not because of anything we do. God, on whom we are centered and to whom we submit, will transform us by his Revelation of himself.” WayReasonPurposeOpportunityEnjoyChurchResultsNumbersSuccessfulChangedOughtKingsEternalWorshipDeserveGainsKingdomsCorporateRevelationsCosmosSubmitSplendorGod's PresenceUtilitarianRegalPurpose Of God Author:Marva Dawn
“You cannot find excellent corporate worship until you stop trying to find excellent corporate worship and pursue God himself.” TryingWorshipPursueCorporateExcellentStop TryingCorporate Worship Author:D. A. Carson