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Comparison Of God-Centered And Man-Centered Worship

Comparison Of God-Centered And Man-Centered Worship

 

Category

God-Centered Worship

Man-Centered Worship

Goal

Glorifying God by our worship must be our goal, our highest priority. (I Cor. 10:31)

It sounds elementary, but the purpose of our corporate worship service is for our congregation to worship God. Evangelism, though important, is secondary.

Bringing people in by our worship service is the highest goal in man-centered worship.

Though this seems like a noble goal, it must not be our highest goal. When… Continue reading

A Letter From George Whitefield To John Wesley On Predestination & Free Will

A Letter From George Whitefield To John Wesley

IN ANSWER TO MR. WESLEY’S SERMON ENTITLED “Free Grace”

 

“But when Peter was come to Antioch, I withstood him to the face, because he was to be blamed” (Gal. 2:11).

 

PREFACE

 

I am very well aware what different effects publishing this letter against the dear Mr. Wesley’s Sermon will produce. Many of my friends who are strenuous advocates for universal redemption will immediately be offended. Many who are zealous… Continue reading

Modern Man-Centered Christian Music

Modern Man-Centered Christian Music

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Introduction

 

Have you noticed that many contemporary Christian song lyrics are more about man than about God?  More about the worshipper than the God whom we should be worshipping?  This trend seems to be ever-growing – just as the trend in the Church is growing for “easier to understand” Bible translations, simplified sermons, and even easy salvation formulas.

 

A Prime Example Of Man-Centered Music

 

“I Surrender All”

 

One of the most… Continue reading

A Defense Of Calvinism

A Defense Of Calvinism

By Charles H. Spurgeon

The old truth that Calvin preached, that Augustine preached, that Paul preached, is the truth that I must preach today, or else be false to my conscience and my God. I cannot shape the truth; I know of no such thing as paring off the rough edges of a doctrine. John Knox’s gospel is my gospel. That which thundered through Scotland must thunder through England again.“—C. H. Spurgeon

It is… Continue reading

About Following John Calvin And Calvinism

About Following John Calvin And Calvinism

 

“As it is written, He that glorieth, let him glory in the Lord” [1 Corinthians 1:31]

 

Recently, one of our website visitors sent us some noteworthy comments in an e-mail in which she wrote:

 

> So, do we really know if Calvin even preached the 5 points??

> For we do know that it is not good or right to attach any
> man’s name to the Gospel. Yet, we do… Continue reading

Featured Gospel Message

Christ Died For The Ungodly

by Horatius Bonar

The divine testimony concerning man is, that he is a sinner. God bears witness against him, not for him; and testifies that "there is none righteous, no, not one"; that there is "none that doeth good"; none "that understandeth"; none that even seeks after God, and, still more, none that loves Him (Psa. 14:1-3; Rom. 3:10-12). God speaks of man kindly, but severely; as one yearning over a lost child, yet as one who will make no terms with sin, and will "by no means clear the guilty." <continued>