Reformed Worship

I’ve recently finished listening to Dr. Jon D. Payne over at Reformed Forum talking about his new book on worship. It was very encouraging and well worth a listen.

I was really pleased to hear the following quote taken from Michael Horton’s book:

In this wilderness epoch between the two comings of our Savior, God is savingly present among us through Word and sacrament. We need props to strengthen our faith, but we dare not invent our own, as Israel did at Mt. Sinai, when Aaron’s lame excuse for the golden calf was, “You know how the people are.” Only in glory will we no longer need faith, since hope will dissolve into sight. There will be no more promises, no more anticipation. But for now God has given us His means of grace to ensure that the method of delivery as well as the method of redemption itself is His alone.