One of the classes I am taking this semester is called Pastoral Theology and Worship. Last night we discussed different ways churches minister culturally. Some churches worship model avoids integrating different cultures and their styles into their worship services, they avoid hiring staff who are ethnically more diverse, etc. While other churches are so blended culturally as they infuse ethnicity and diversities into one synergistic whole.
It dawned on me as we have been thinking our way through worship and its implications in the church that we have a culture that does not want to bring a sacrifice of praise, nor do we want to offer our lives as living sacrifices of worship. We are fragmented rather than united because that is easier than dealing with our issues, walking humbly with each other, and living radical lives that deal with personal sin and selfishness.
How do I live a life that offers sacrificial praise and worship to God? What areas of my life have I guarded selfishly as I justify myself rather than dealing with sin?
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