"The church is always to be reformed" (Barth). This is as true now as it was during the Protestant Reformation or the Nazification of the German Church in Barth’s day. Responding to the tangled shape of modern life where people are stretched by forces of family, finance, work and technology many orders of service have moulded ‘Jesus’ to meet our personal needs. A mind set in complete contrast to what entertains us is called for. Since creation is a platform for God’s glory (Calvin) we must inhabit a vision of our services as an encounter between heaven and earth where the Father beholds the Spirit-inspired worship of the standing-as-slain Lamb (Heb 12:18-24; Rev 1:10; 5:6-14; 13:6). Read more →
