Welcome to ⁠⁠The Liturgical Pentecostal⁠⁠, a podcast that considers the nature of church practice & belief, theological issues, and ethical quandaries.

This week, I revisit the topic of modern worship and its propensity to focus on the believer's experience. Worship is designed to de-center the self and recenter the believer's mind and life on Christ. It's hard to do that when the experience of the believer is the focus of the songs we sing during the time when we're supposed to be focusing on the majesty and mystery of who God is...