PUTTING AN END TO WORSHIP WARS - Elmer Towns

APPENDIX THREE
CHRISTIAN LEADERS ON WORSHIP
Wonder is the basis of worship.
Thomas Carlyle
There is a use for ritual in a man's religious life. When a man is in a right relationship to
God ritual is an assistance; the place of worship and the atmosphere are both conducive to
worship.
Oswald Chambers
Reverence towards God makes men natural and simple to each other. There is a modest
yet unabashed naturalness of manner which occasionally distinguishes spiritual persons, into
whatever company they are come. A man will hardly ever be awkward in public, who in secret
pays habitual reverent court to God. Habitual reverence is the high breeding of the spiritual life.
F. W. Faber
It is commonly assumed that, provided only we repair to our church or chapel, the
performance of the work of adoration is a thing that may be taken for granted. But the work of
Divine Worship, so far from being a thing of course even among those who outwardly address
themselves to its performance, is one of the most arduous which the human spirit can possibly set
about.
Gladstone
Worship is an opportunity for man to invite God's power and presence to move among
those worshiping Him.
Jack W. Hayford
Take heed, then, often to come together to give thanks to God, and show forth His praise.
For when ye come frequently together in the same place, the powers of Satan are destroyed, and
his "fiery darts" urging to sin fall back ineffectual. For your concord and harmonious faith prove
his destruction, and the torment of his assistants.
Ignatius of Antioch
All Christian worship, public and private, should be an intelligent response to God's selfrevelation
in his words and works recorded in Scripture.
D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones