Experiential Worship: Encountering God With Heart, Soul, Mind, And Strength by Bob Rognlienrating: 4 of 5 stars
Very good. It has greatly informed my worship theology and brought new perspective.
Rognlien takes the great commandment to a deeper level. We are to love the Lord our God with all our heart, soul, mind and strength. The highest way we love the Lord is worship. Therefore, we are to worship the Lord with all our heart, soul, mind and strength. Heart=volition, soul=emotion, mind=intellect, strength=body. Most church traditions have typically focused on one or two aspects. For instance, Baptists tend to focus on heart, then mind. Episcopalians and Catholics, strength. Presbyterians, mind. Pentecostals, soul. My church tends to focus on mind and volition. I think we're a bit afraid of strength. Is it possible that the reason our congregations aren't experiencing transformational worship is because we don't have a wholistic view of it? Instead of leaning on one or two aspects, we need to help our people worship with all their being.
1 comment:
I'd love to read this...any chance that I could borrow it from you?
Post a Comment