The Highway Forums General Discussion Theology Discussion Forum Liturgy?

Well, that's extremely "generic", i.e., it could apply to anything. As I mentioned in my last reply, God has not left worship in the hands of men to do as they please, but rather He has set forth principles and regulations that men are to follow; aka: "The Regulative Principle of Worship". And, like most everything else, there is no universal agreement upon what that Regulative Principle is nor how it is to be applied. For example, there are some who say that God forbids any type of instruments to be used. Others believe that only the biblical Psalms are to be sung. But aside from those two areas of disagreement among Reformed churches, there is much more agreement as to the general principle itself. That is spelled out in simple terms as, "Man shall not worship God by other means than that which is commanded in Scripture." The opposite side of this is what most "evangelical" churches adhere to and that is, "Man is free to worship God in anyway he so chooses as long as there is no specific prohibition against it in the Bible."

As you can see, the two positions are antithetical. Unfortunately, the historic Reformed position has been ignored even in some Reformed churches who have opted for the trendy, "seeker-friendly", "mega-church", "emerging church", "church growth", etc., etc., ad nauseam ideas.

So again, EVERYONE holds to some form of "liturgy" whether they are conscious of it or not. <img src="/forum/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />

In His grace,