How Does God Want Us To Worship?

In this episode Pastor Chris Gordon and Dr. Robert Godfrey ask what’s really motivating people to go to church on Sunday? They discuss Reformed worship and how its God-focused structure isn’t particularly attractive to many. They look at modern culture and how it has led some churches to focus on entertainment and emotion, particularly in song. Listen as they discuss the historical role of music in church worship, its original intent and how it has changed over the centuries.

Chapters:
00:00 - What is Reformed Worship?
01:31 - The Foundation of Worship
02:30 - Reformation Issues
03:13 - Calvin’s View of Salvation?
04:00 - Church Liturgies
05:01 - How the Church Moved Away From Liturgies
06:17 - Formalism In the Church
07:52 - Queen Elizabeth’s Church Influence
09:28 - Changes to Church Music
10:38 - Music Wars in the Church
11:25 - No Music in the church for 1000 Years
12:42 - Breaking Down the Psalms
15:10 - Feelings
15:50 - What Does God Want in Worship?
16:54 - Eager to Hear the Word?
18:02 - Why Do People Come to Worship

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Dr. W. Robert Godfrey is a Ligonier Ministries teaching fellow and chairman of Ligonier Ministries. He is president emeritus and professor emeritus of church history at Westminster Seminary California.

Dr. Godfrey has taught church history at Westminster Seminary California since 1981 and served as the seminary’s third president from 1993 to 2017. He previously taught at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary, Stanford University, and Westminster Theological Seminary in Philadelphia. He is a minister in the United Reformed Churches in North America, a Ligonier Ministries Teaching Fellow, and has spoken at many conferences including those sponsored by the Lausanne Committee for World Evangelization, the Philadelphia Conference on Reformed Theology, and Ligonier Ministries. He is currently serving as chairman of the Board of Ligonier Ministries, a position he took over from the late Dr. R.C. Sproul.