Do Not Disavow

Do Not Disavow By: Rick Davis   When Charlemagne established law Salic in barb’rous land, The gospel flourished, and he saw Christ’s praise on every hand.   (“Do you approve his methods now?”) I do not disavow.   King Godfrey took Jerusalem From bloody paynim hands And brought a halt to Musselmen Invading Christian lands.   (“He did some mean things anyhow!”) I do not disavow.   King Richard with his scarlet shield And passant lions ‘bossed Rode forth again unto the field To regain what was lost.   (“His deeds at Acre you allow?”) I do not disavow.   Unto the Germans Luther brought The gospel full restored, And Calvin at Geneva taught The glory of the Lord.   (“The Jews? Servetus? Holy cow!”) I do not disavow.   Stonewall and Lee like knights of old Fought for their native soil, The true and lovely to uphold Against the tyrant’s spoil.   (“Those vile racists ...

The Worship Wars


Two dangers that face churches today in the debate about worship styles are the temptation to blindly chase after worldly fads and the desire to turn a worship service into an historic reenactment. The first absolutizes cultural changes with no thought to the continuity of the body of Christ throughout history; the second absolutizes a particular culture and time and therefore denies the Gospel the ability to transform a culture and to create a worship style fitting to that culture and time.

Comments

Erica said…
Hmm...needs more candles. XD
WAB said…
Hmmm. Not sure if it's so much absolutizing as creating a constant... Interesting.
Rick Davis said…
That's pretty much what I meant. A particular culture/time becomes an absolute constant for all times and places or the principle of change itself becomes the constant.