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Chapter 18

There are many different ways for a church to worship.  There is the regulative principle of worship, where everything we do must be clearly commanded in scripture.  Another approach would be the normative principle, which holds that whatever Scripture doesn't forbid is allowed.  Lastly, Kauflin describes what he calls the Whatever Principle, in which we can worship God any way we want.  With these different ways to worship, it is natural for tensions to arise in the church where people may want to worship in their own way.  Rather than endlessly debating on which way to follow, we should try to learn what the other might have that we don't.  This way, instead of seeking to be balanced, we can learn every way that God has enabled us to worship Him.

Our band consists of people with vastly different backgrounds, personalities, and interests.  Consequently, we're going to have different ways we worship.  Emily likes the songs to be dynamic and sound like the track.  Raychel focuses on the emotion and the drives of the songs.  Other people just kind of do their own thing.  I like to play loud.  The band complains and asks me to play quieter (lol jk love u guys).  The point is, there are going to be inevitable differences like these.  But if we embrace all the different ways we worship, something beautiful can come out of it every single week we play.  God has given us these personalities and abilities for a reason.  If we listen to each other and embrace these healthy tensions, there won't be chaos, but promising conversation.

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  1. UnknownFebruary 28, 2018 at 9:58 PM

    I agree. There are inevitably going to be different opinions between the musicians and vocalist of the band. I also like how you said that these tensions need to be viewed as healthy and can be learned from and help us grow stronger in our faith. Very nice job.

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  2. UnknownMarch 1, 2018 at 8:52 PM

    I agree with the personal application. We are all different but we have learned from these months of playing together, to use all of these differences to worship God and help others worship Him as well. Nice job!

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  3. UnknownMarch 1, 2018 at 11:17 PM

    The good thing about having people with different musical backgrounds and different expressions to worship is that we learn to work together. After all, if we were all the same, the way we worshipped would quickly become boring and would distract us from God's glory. Good job with this post!

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