Discover the Mystery of Faith: How Worship Shapes Believing
What if the way we worship isn't just an expression of our faith, but is what shapes our faith?
The Church has believed this about the way we worship and pray together for centuries: The way we worship becomes the way we believe. But if this is true, it’s time to take a closer look at what we say and sing and do each week. Drawing from his own discovery of ancient worship practices, Glenn Packiam helps us understand why the Church made creedal proclamations and Psalm-praying a regular part of their worship. He shares about why the Eucharist was the climactic point of their corporate “re-telling of the salvation story.”
When our worship becomes a rich feast, our faith is nourished and no longer anemic. The more our worship speaks of Christ, the more we enter into the mystery of faith.
Top Highlights
“The phrase lex orandi, lex credendi means, quite literally, ‘The rule of prayer is the rule of faith.’ Maybe a better way to think of it is, ‘The way you pray and worship becomes the way you believe.’” (source)
“Worship—how we pray and sing corporately as the gathered people of God—shapes believing.” (source)
“Perhaps part of the reason the Church is malnourished and our faith is anemic is because our worship services have become a theological Happy Meal.” (source)
“Until they realized that a God you can explain is a God you can contain. And a God you can contain can’t be worshipped.” (source)
“Our prayers and our worship do, indeed, reflect the faith in our hearts. It is an overflow of it. But in another sense—perhaps a larger sense—prayer and worship form our faith. Worship doesn’t just reflect our faith; it is what shapes our faith.” (source)
Product Details
- Title : Discover the Mystery of Faith: How Worship Shapes Believing
- Author: Packiam, Glenn
- Publisher: David C Cook
- Publication Date: 2013
- ISBN: 9781434707024
Glenn Packiam is the lead pastor of new life DOWNTOWN, an extension of New Life Church in Colorado Springs, Colorado. He is the author of LUCKY, Secondhand Jesus, and Butterfly in Brazil. As a worship leader and artist with Integrity Music, Glenn is also the writer of several well-loved worship songs. He and his wife, Holly, along with their four children live each day with gratitude.