Food For Thought…

Another reason I appreciate Dr. Block is because he asks thought-provoking questions. Here are a few of the best:

1)”To worship” in the OT describes prostrating oneself before God’s majestic presence with your face to the ground. Dr. Block asks, “Why don’t we worship like this today? And if we don’t, what gesture will we adopt that will communicate the same reverence in our worship?”

2) “Can worship be casual?”

3) “Can non-believers worship God rightly?”

4) “How are we like Marcion?” (rejecting the God of the Old Testament)

5) “Whose worship does God accept?”

6) “Is the Holy Spirit honored by our worship of him? Or is he embarrassed?”

7) “How does God want us as Christians to obey His laws?” He was referring to the meaning behind the requirements God gives in Leviticus 19.

Here are some of the other questions that were raised during the class. Some were answered, some were not.

1) How does having ideals and principles protect against being pragmatic in worship?

2) How does having ideals and principles differ from being legalistic?

3) Why do people view God as being so different in the Old and New testament?

4) In John 21 Peter can’t bring himself to tell Jesus “I love you” (using agape – selfless love). Why not? Why can he only say “I phileo you” (brotherly love).

5) Why do the authors of the Bible never tell God, “I love you”? How does this impact the lyrics we use in worship?