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Well, they left.
more important, nor is my way more valuable than anyWhere are they?
one elses words. My words take on significance only
Uh, uh, uh, I dont know.
when they are filtered through the inerrant text of the
Does it bother you as a pastor? Isnt it the
Holy Scriptures. And the day this message stops preachIm going to speak plainly here and Im not going to
church? Isnt it for the body? You dont want a church
ing from this book, I urge you to run in the other direcconcern myself with anyone elses opinion at this point. of all old folks but you want a church of no older folks? tion. Your time is far more valuable than that. Anytime
Its been my observation as I study the worship war that I dont want my life absent from older folks, do you?
when out music calls attention to the musician, we
much of it has been fueled by man-centered schemes,
He couldnt talk. He put his arm around me as missed it. Anytime when this church builds a building
and flesh-driven promotion. Secular methods are now
we were leaving and said, I want to thank you for ask- that in some ways tries to impress a community, weve
used to market the church, of all things, and the empha- ing me some hard questions.
missed the mark. When the church does what it ought to
sis that has turned from sound orthodox theology to a
I said, You know what? Im not trying to be
be doing, we become such a curious thing; those without
feel-good philosophy. Where the great goal is to offend ugly or anything, but I got a few years on me man, dont Christ are drawn, if by nothing else then by curiosity.
no one; certainly no one off the streets, or after all, they keep going here youre going to regret it. And your
How can this many people want to listen to that guy,
may loose interest and may never come back! So we
people arent going to grow. Can you find anywhere in that long, in a place that looks like that!? I got to find
adapt and adjust our whole frame of thinking to appeal
the Scriptures to justify what youre doing? He said no. out whats going on. And when he or she comes, theres
to them, for they are, after all, seekers. Those who stand
Then why on earth are you
the discovery that it is something
firmly in favor of the war kick historical tradition in the doing it?
beyond any of that. It is the presence
teeth, and they label long-standing principles that can be
and the power of the living God at
found in the scriptures as wholefully irrelevant, out of
I am pleased to quote today
work.
date, and if you still embrace them, you are known to
from Steven Watsons series on the
Worship focuses on how
them as a dinosaur. Everything seems to be determined importance of expository preaching.
worthy our God is. Worship is a
in those churches as an appeal to the felt needs of casual He says this:
declaration of His supreme majesty.
observers. So that whatever you do, keep up the enterWorship is losing ourselves in wonAs the church advances into
tainment.
the 21st century, the stress to
der, and love, and praise. It is being
In-depth instruction, solid biblical exposition
so preoccupied with our God that
produce booming ministries
from the Scriptures, - theres no place for it. Now there
nothing on this earth gains a signifihas never been greater. Influare 6-8 minute sermonnettes, which, in my opinion, are
cant place in our thinking. Our trials
enced by corporate mergers,
for Christiannettes. And as a result, you grow about 2
towering skyscrapers, and
become reduced, the discoveries of
inches deep and about 12 miles high. I remember talking
life become exciting, and the
expanding economies, bigger
with pastors who are enamored of that, and by the way,
changes that God brings without
is perceived as better and
some are seeing the light. One of the better known of the
explaining His reasons only hold us
nowhere is this Wall Street
churches that promoted this have recently said that they
mentality more evident than
Chuck Swindoll to Him closer, and we discover
were wrong. We were wrong. We thought that what we
theres a dimension of life that is
in the church. Sad to say,
were doing would build people into worshippers and we
pressure to produce bottom-line results has led supernatural and unseen and the invisibility of it adds to
realized it was not happening, and we need to return to
the invincibility of it. And we sit in His magnificent
many ministries to sacrifice the centrality of
the teaching of the Scriptures. So praise God for that! I
biblical preaching on the altar of man-centered presence from one week to the next, thanking Him for
thought of this last night as I was redoing my entire inHis precious Word that lives and abides forever, and
pragmatism. A new way of doing church is
troduction. I thought, if it were possible for the great
emerging. In this radical paradigm shift, exposi- will never be irrelevant, and doesnt need a preacher to
preachers of the past to return to the earth today, and to
make it relevant. The job of the preacher is to show you
tion is being replaced with entertainment,
visit most churches, they would find themselves somehow relevant it is. I simply declare whats there.
preaching with performances, doctrine with
where between personally embarrassed to absolutely
Let me tell you, when you speak the truth,
drama, and theology with theatrics. The pulpit,
shocked! They would say to themselves (if they stayed
once the focal point of the church, is now being someone will be offended, especially the Pharisees
through the whole service), that was worship? Please
(Mt.13). Certainly those who are running from the truth;
overshadowed by a variety of church growth
do not get the false impression that we are the only ones
those who do not acknowledge that Gods Word is the
techniques. Everything from trendy worship
left, like Elijah felt when he was sitting under the juniper
styles to glitzy presentations to vaudeville-like truth you will be offended by the frank, bold, nature of
tree. Thats not true, but our ranks are thinner. Our numpageantries. In seeking to catch the upper-hand the proclamation that comes with the exposition. The
bers are smaller. Youre in a very unique house of worin church growth, a new wave of pastors is rein- Scripture cuts through. Cuts into beyond the soul and
ship. You know that, dont you? You deliberately drive
venting the church and repackaging the gospel spirit, beyond the joints and marrow and it is a critic of
by where you have found freedom from the war, and the
the thoughts and the intentions of the heart. Thats why
into a product to be sold to consumers. Whatpresence of serious Biblical exposition. Because you
when you hear Bible exposition, you feel exposed. Ive
ever reportedly works in one church is being
want your children taught; you want your teenagers inhad men say to me after a service,
franchised out to various markets abroad.
structed, encouraged, and deepened. Oh, Im not saying
My wife called you, didnt she?
Listen to the terms! Youd think Im describing
that our goal is to bore people with hours and hours of
Uh, I dont even know who your wife is.
a growing number of Starbucks coffee shops franchisnothing but dry theological information. As Ive said for ing around the country. As when gold was discovered in
No, no, dont jerk me around; she called you
most of my ministry, if Im boring you, then please
the foothills of California, so ministries are beating up a this week didnt she?
leave, and I mean that! The worst sin I can commit in
I dont even know your name.
path to the doorsteps of exploding churches, and super
public is to bore people with the gospel.
But you know whats happened? The Word of
hiked conferences where the latest strike has been reThere was an interview on television recently, ported. Unfortunately, newly-panned gold often turns
God is penetrating; it is touching; it is cutting. Thats
where a very sincere young preacher was telling the in- out to be fools gold. Not all that glitters is actually gold. why you have to have the delivery of the Word of God.
terviewer the philosophy of his ministry, if you can call Admittedly, and here hes very fair, pastors can learn
Thats why its essential for life because the invisible,
it that, where thousands and thousands are coming; and I from growing churches and successful ministries, yet
almighty, sovereign God of heaven is revealing Himself
had three words for that. Three words when it was over: Gods work must be done Gods way, if it is to know
and His truth to people like us, living in this time. We
that is heresy. He doesnt mean it to be heresy. Of
dont get any help from our culture; we dont get any
Gods blessing. He provides the power and He alone
course not! But it is. You dont need to carry a Bible receives the glory only as His divinely prescribed plan
help from our times. We get very little help from the
its all on the screen! You dont need a hymnal its all for ministry is followed. When man-centered schemes
school we attend. You will get little help from many
on the screen, and you dont need a hymn, because
churches. So the Word of God becomes the source of
are followed, often imitating the worlds schemes, the
thats dinosaur talk. And you certainly dont need a pipe flesh provides the energy, and man receives the glory. In truth for us.
organ that went out with Bach. What an ignorant
Why do we spend so much of our time wasting
a strange twist, the preaching of the Cross is now foolstatement to make! Dont ever make that statement in
ishness not only to the world, but also to the contempo- it on finding answers when were to trust Him? Our God
public. I often ask these fellows, Why dont you want it rary church.
knows what Hes doing! He planted an eternity past
to look like a church? Well, people are turned off by
My desire in addressing the subject of worship when He knew I would be a sinner and you as well, we
the church. Of course they arethe wrong kind of
certainly included messages like this in my plan: I think wouldnt have it together and we would live on this
church! But does it have to become a theater? You have its time that we announce openly that our church is a
planet with people who dont have it together. So Gods
to get rid of the pulpit and sell the instruments and wind church for our times, but it is not a church caught up in plan was to do an unfathomable and unsearchable work
up with nothing but a few ditties? Is that worship?
the trends, nor by the grace of God, will we ever be. It is in our lives. Oh, the depth of the riches of such a
I take a trip with our interns virtually every year a church I hope will always be marked by balance; althought! That puts God in a completely different cateand on one of those journeys we visited churches, all of ways been our goal from the start. I even attempt to bal- gory. Thats who we worship. Thats why we worship.
which were pastored by seminary graduates, all of which ance Old Testament and New Testament in my instruc- We bow to no other! Worship is a commitmentnever
were engaged in worship wars. On some of them the toll tion. I hope to balance doctrine with practical applicameant to be a war.
has been taken, and their seats are filled with just the
tion in my messages. But it will always be from the BiIf you would like to listen more of Chucks sermons go
young! So I asked a few sort of straight questions, and I ble, and it will never be to show off, or to call attention
to: http://www.insight.org/broadcast/library.html
didnt do it to be ugly.
to me, or for any musician to call attention to himself or
What are your demographics here?
herself. We do not play and sing and preach for any
Well, we dont have many old people.
P.S. This article in English was put in our newspaper
mans glory. It is all for the glory of our God. Its a part
I said, Whats old?
on
a trial basis. If you enjoyed reading this article and
of our philosophy of worship. And worship has to do
Well, I guess Id say 40 and over.
would
like to see more articles in English, please let us
with the magnification of our great God; which means
So I said, (and you would think that he never
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