The Power of the Gospel Displayed in Worship

Why has Christ permitted the “worship wars” to cause so much disturbance within our churches?  Obviously, He has not told me!  But of this I am absolutely certain:  He has ordained it!

It is my personal conviction that He has ordained it to expose the weakness and perhaps even the absence of love among us.  Not primarily the weakness of our love for one another (though it has indeed demonstrated that) but the absence of love for Himself.  He has revealed so many of us to be more in love with our personal preferences than we are in love with Him and His cause.

The following blog speaks wisely and decisively to our need:

http://thegospelcoalition.org/blogs/tullian/2010/08/22/we-are-one/

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