Are You Paying Attention when the Law is Read?
Cory Griess, a professor of Practical Theology at Protestant Reformed Theological Seminary, addresses how worshippers can maintain spiritual attention during the reading of God's law in Reformed worship services, emphasizing the importance of examining one's sin and need for Christ. The article also recounts a youth mission trip to Mexico City where Spanish students engaged with the Independent Presbyterian Church of Mexico and attended a Reformed conference on the perseverance of the saints.
As a pastor and a professor who teaches Reformed worship in the Protestant Reformed Seminary, I am always trying to think of ways to help God's people embrace and carry out Reformed worship with mind and heart. As you know, we are to offer every aspect of our worship to God "in spirit" as well as "in truth." Yet, at times God's people struggle to maintain the proper spiritual mindset as the service progresses through the elements of worship. It seems to me this is especially true when the law...
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