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Disagree, agree, or have a question: Contact us through the contact page on our website; http://www.biblebulldog.com “The development of Trinitarian and christological discussion was driven in part by the need to give a coherent account of the worship cry ‘Jesus is Lord’.” … Were the Trinitarian controversies heated debates about the nature of Christian worship and Christian belonging? “Thus, the Trinitarian controversies of the early centuries are nothing if not heated debates about the nature of Christian worship and the nature of Christian belonging.” “The separation of doctrine and Christian experience was, arguably, a species of liberalism, in which human religious psychology is definitive of Christianity.” Do you agree? “Yet we must remember that liberalism is not primarily a rejection of the supernatural; it is a reconfiguration of the nature of Christianity in such a way as to highlight religious psychology or experience and downplay or marginalize doctrine.” Do you agree? Does the identity of God form the content of how we praise Him? “The identity of whom we praise actually informs the content of how we praise Him.” “The identity of God is foundation to, and constitutive of, the content and forms of biblical revelation and that is foundational to, and formative of, the Christian response in praise and worship.” “This point cannot be stressed enough with regard to doxology: the identity of God has priority over the content of Christian praise.” What does this mean and why it is true? Does a faulty understanding of God and how to respond to Him lead to praise that inadequate in both it’s motivation and it’s expression? In reciting the creeds, is the purpose to simply declare a set of biblical truths? “They are expressing their common belief with every other Christian throughout history who has used these words to witness to Christ.” “The creeds, in liturgical context, become a means of fulfilling the public declaration that Romans 10 demands of believers.” How and why is this true? The Creeds and Trinitarian Worship “Is the Trinity the result of infighting churchmen in the early centuries and not something that connects to modern life? Is the Christian life Trinitarian by its very nature.” Is the Church as a body Trinitarian.” Is Baptism Trinitarian.” Is the Trinity a doctrine that both shapes our worship and pervades our worship? Is simply reciting the creed enough? “it needs to be connected to clear teaching.” “Christians should expect worship to always be a learning experience.” Do you think modern day Christians look at worship in this way? “The creeds take a few minutes to memorize and recite but a lifetime to master.”