“… our audience in corporate
worship is not people. Corporate worship is not about pleasing people, whether
ourselves, the congregation, or unbelieving seekers. Worship in the corporate
gathering is about renewing our covenant with God by meeting with Him and
relating to Him in ways that He has prescribed. We do this specifically by
hearing and heeding His Word, confessing our own sinfulness and our dependence
on Him, thanking Him for his goodness to us, bringing our requests before Him,
confessing His truth, and lifting our voices and instruments to Him in response
to and in accord with the way that He has revealed Himself in His Word.”
-- Mark Dever in The
Deliberate Church
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