Friday, September 15, 2006

Black Letter Gospel: Organic Worship



On September 24th Ryan Miller will be speaking as we continue our
Black Letter Gospel
Series.


Topic: Their reaction to Jesus was worship.

We'll be looking at instances in the Gospels when people reacted to meeting/seeing/hearing Jesus by worshiping him.

Here are some ideas/concepts to brainstorm:
The idea that for Israel, the temple was the big deal – it was totally culturally weird and different for them to worship Jesus. It went against their normal cultural reaction.

What about today? When is it culturally okay to act a certain way and when is it not?
  • A commercial where an employee boos (like he’s at a football game) when his boss says something he doesn’t like in a meeting
  • A video of a guy singing Hit me Baby, One More Time at the top of his lungs
  • A video of someone wearing headphones and singing loudly in a public place
  • The scene in Singing in the Rain where Gene Kelly is singing and dancing in the rain
  • An SNL sketch spoofing West Side Story where Norm MacDonald's character doesn't understand why everyone keeps singing adancingind instead of fighting.
  • A scene from a musical where the romantic leads are loudly singing of their love inches away from each other's face.

Music Suggestions:

  • Heart of Worship
  • I Will Not Be Silent

Scripture suggestions:
  • The very rocks will cry out in worship


Comment away with your suggestions!


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