Liturgical Boot-Camp for Evangelicals
You’re an Evangelical. You’re used to the Praise Band, the lights, the long Bible Study and the altar call. Worship is an experience where I am touched by God and moved by the Spirit. Then, accidently, you find yourself in a Lutheran Church, and think, “What the heck is this?!” “Where am I? What are these smells? Why is that guy in a white dress talking to the wall?”
This, friends, is the liturgy, the historic worship of the church of the New Testament.
The liturgy is the church gathered around the Lord’s Word and Sacraments. The liturgy full of Scripture, full of promises, full of prayers, full of the comfort that Jesus wants to deliver to His Church. The liturgy is good.
I’m working with the guys at Issues, Etc. to untangle and unfold the liturgy for Evangelicals. Here are the interviews:
Liturgical Shock
Who Acts in Worship?
The Externals
The Order of Service
The Doctrine and Practice of Closed Communion
Preaching
Part 1: Miscellaneous Objections to the Historic Liturgy
Part 2: Miscellaneous Objections to the Historic Liturgy