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Article: 'Worship must be centered on the great grace of God'.(NATION)(THE CAPITAL PULPIT)
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- The Washington Times (Washington, DC)
- Article date:
- July 21, 2003
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Byline: THE WASHINGTON TIMES
Excerpts of yesterday's sermon by the Rev. Robert Norris at Fourth Presbyterian Church in Bethesda:
There is nothing more important for the Christian than true worship.
The nature of true worship is much more than simply attending a worship service. [The apostle] Paul makes the extraordinary statement: "When you come together it is not for the better, but for the worse."
The church [at Corinth] was regular in its worship, but it was not "true worship." Rather, their life was characterized by divisions and factions. Their worship service was self-serving: "When you come together, it is not the Lord's Supper ...