bookslover
Puritan Board Doctor
I read a review of this book: True Worship: What is the Nature of True Christian Worship? by Vaughan Roberts (Milton Keynes: Authentic Lifestyle, 2002).
Per the review, one of the book's main ideas is that Christians do NOT go to church to worship. Per the book's author, the purpose of church services is edification (1 Corinthians 14.26) and encouragement (Hebrews 10.24-25). And the author includes these two quotations:
The remarkable fact is that Christian meetings are not said to take place specifically to worship God, and the language of worship is not used as a means of referring to them or describing them. To sum up what goes on in a Christian meeting as being specifically for the purpose of "worship" is without New Testament precedent. - F. F. Bruce
Christian meetings are for the benefit of the congregation and so indirectly for the glory of God. - I. Howard Marshall (my emphasis)
The reviewer does not give the original sources for these quotations.
So, is this a thing now - that Christians get together to edify and encourage each other, but not to worship God, at least not directly?
Any opinions?
Per the review, one of the book's main ideas is that Christians do NOT go to church to worship. Per the book's author, the purpose of church services is edification (1 Corinthians 14.26) and encouragement (Hebrews 10.24-25). And the author includes these two quotations:
The remarkable fact is that Christian meetings are not said to take place specifically to worship God, and the language of worship is not used as a means of referring to them or describing them. To sum up what goes on in a Christian meeting as being specifically for the purpose of "worship" is without New Testament precedent. - F. F. Bruce
Christian meetings are for the benefit of the congregation and so indirectly for the glory of God. - I. Howard Marshall (my emphasis)
The reviewer does not give the original sources for these quotations.
So, is this a thing now - that Christians get together to edify and encourage each other, but not to worship God, at least not directly?
Any opinions?