Comments on: Contemporary Worship and the Walnut Street Epiphany http://www.internetmonk.com/archive/contemporary-worship-and-the-walnut-street-epiphany ...dispatches from the post-evangelical wilderness Sun, 12 Feb 2012 09:14:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Brian Krafczyk http://www.internetmonk.com/archive/contemporary-worship-and-the-walnut-street-epiphany/comment-page-1#comment-1942 Brian Krafczyk Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.internetmonk.com/im.php/?p=137#comment-1942 I appreciate your posts. They lead me to think much deeper and entertain many different viewpoints, theologies and ideas that I would not normally consider. I am interested in the writings by Merton and will be studying more. In response to your post about modern worship; I agree with your general idea. However, I feel that there is a balance that can be reached in worship. It is a balance that does not end with worship but allows the worship experience to draw you closer into your relationship with God while also filling you with a deeper love for Him. This love would in turn ignite a desire to perform the second part of the great commandment, to love our neighbor as ourselves. As an apostolic pentecostal I value my worship time with the Lord. In prayer, listening to and participating in worship service or just driving down the road in my truck listening to whatever. There is an intimacy that can be arrived at via this type of worship that I was not able to experience in traditional 'church', which I liken to your suggestion of puritanical means of worship. While I may not have the literary skills that you and many of your readers posess, I hope that my point was brought across clearly and in the spirit it was written. Thank you for continuing to follow your predecessor and keep nailing your thoughts to the doorpost. May God keep and continue to richly bless you in you work for the kingdom. Your brother in Christ, Brian I appreciate your posts. They lead me to think much deeper and entertain many different viewpoints, theologies and ideas that I would not normally consider. I am interested in the writings by Merton and will be studying more.

In response to your post about modern worship; I agree with your general idea. However, I feel that there is a balance that can be reached in worship. It is a balance that does not end with worship but allows the worship experience to draw you closer into your relationship with God while also filling you with a deeper love for Him. This love would in turn ignite a desire to perform the second part of the great commandment, to love our neighbor as ourselves.

As an apostolic pentecostal I value my worship time with the Lord. In prayer, listening to and participating in worship service or just driving down the road in my truck listening to whatever. There is an intimacy that can be arrived at via this type of worship that I was not able to experience in traditional ‘church’, which I liken to your suggestion of puritanical means of worship.

While I may not have the literary skills that you and many of your readers posess, I hope that my point was brought across clearly and in the spirit it was written.

Thank you for continuing to follow your predecessor and keep nailing your thoughts to the doorpost.

May God keep and continue to richly bless you in you work for the kingdom.

Your brother in Christ,

Brian

]]> By: Mike Morrell http://www.internetmonk.com/archive/contemporary-worship-and-the-walnut-street-epiphany/comment-page-1#comment-1943 Mike Morrell Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.internetmonk.com/im.php/?p=137#comment-1943 I, too, have been doing a lot of thinking on the heart of the human experience, and what Christ has to do with it. I think a potent blend of mysticism and service is in order. This is something I have tried to archive and promote on my alternative Christian portal, zoecarnate.com . I like your thoughts here...I am going to be adding you to my blog section. I, too, have been doing a lot of thinking on the heart of the human experience, and what Christ has to do with it. I think a potent blend of mysticism and service is in order. This is something I have tried to archive and promote on my alternative Christian portal, zoecarnate.com . I like your thoughts here…I am going to be adding you to my blog section.

]]> By: Witsius http://www.internetmonk.com/archive/contemporary-worship-and-the-walnut-street-epiphany/comment-page-1#comment-1944 Witsius Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.internetmonk.com/im.php/?p=137#comment-1944 Speaking of "Christian Humanism", someone sent me this link: <a href="http://www.sermonaudio.com/sermoninfo.asp?currSection=sermonsspeaker&sermonID=10180222445">http://www.sermonaudio.com/sermoninfo.asp?currSection=sermonsspeaker&sermonID=10180222445</a> the other day. Give it a listen, and tell us what you think. Speaking of “Christian Humanism”, someone sent me this link: http://www.sermonaudio.com/sermoninfo.asp?currSection=sermonsspeaker&sermonID=10180222445 the other day. Give it a listen, and tell us what you think.

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