Liturgy is an intentionally gathered community in mutual dialogue with God’s self-communication.
—Don Saliers
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Revelation and Response (4)
The purpose of theology is doxology—we study in order to praise.
—J. I. Packer
Revelation and Response (3)
Real theology, which means the knowledge of God, finds expression in thanks, praise and adoration. And it is what finds expression in doxology that is real theology.
—Jürgen Moltmann
Revelation and Response (2)
Christian worship is the full and authentic expression of our hearts towards God in response to the full and authentic revelation of God’s heart towards us in His word.
—Matt Creamer
Revelation and Response
It should always happen in this house of God that the Lord speaks to us through His holy Word, and that we then speak to Him with our prayers and songs of praise.
—Martin Luther
No Favorite Songs
I have never been to heaven, so I cannot tell you what kind of music is sung in God’s royal village. But know this, God has no personal favorite songs. He hears all that we sing in whatever language. It is sufficient for us to compose hymns of praise to him with our own music and in our own language for him to understand.
—William Wadé Harris, Liberian missionary to Côte d’Ivoire, 1914 (cited in James Krabill, James. Worship and Mission for the Global Church: An Ethnodoxology Handbook)
Both/And
There is no inherent conflict between seeking to deepen our theological and traditional roots and finding wholesome ways to engage our surrounding culture. Indeed, these processes are complementary.
—William A. Dyrness, William A. A Primer on Christian Worship, 147
