"The structure of a church's liturgy also inevitable tells its understanding of the gospel story. This means the worship structures that communicate the gospel are themselves shaped by the gospel. 'The medium is the message' because the messages shapes the medium...Just as preaching represents the gospel in word, and as the sacraments represent the gospel in symbol, so also the liturgy represents the gospel in structure."-Bryan Chapell in Christ-Centered Worship (2009), p. 85, 118
8.01.2011
Representing the gospel in structure
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Great quote. I've never heard of Bryan Chapell, but that sounds like an interesting book. I'll have to check it out.
ReplyDeleteJimbo, he's the president of Covenant Seminary, and he's a great writer. Very balanced and insightful. His book on marriage, Each for the Other, is also excellent.
ReplyDeleteReminds me of the February 2011 issue of New Horizons: http://www.opc.org/nh.html?issue_id=178
ReplyDeleteExcellent statement of the union of structure and content, and the interplay between them.
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