Planting Churches Among the City's Poor - Volume 2

318 • P LANTING C HURCHES AMONG THE C ITY ’ S P OOR : V OLUME 2

II. To Be an Effective Worship Leader One must Above All Else Become an Effective Worshiper.

A. Modeling: The cardinal principle of Christian discipleship

1. Luke 6.40

2. 1 Tim. 4.6-16

3. 1 Cor. 11.1

4. 1 Cor. 15.1-4

5. Phil. 3.12-15

6. Phil. 4.6-9

7. 1 Pet. 5.1-4

B. God desires that we worship him in spirit and in truth (John 4.34).

C. With wholehearted passion: the big three

1. Moses (Exod. 33-34)

2. David (Ps. 27.1ff; 34.1-3; 104)

3. Paul (Phil. 1.18-21)

III. To Be an Effective Worship Leader One Must Understand the Principles and Practice of Worship as They Have Displayed Themselves in the History of the Saints.

A. Liturgical theology

1. Liturgical theology does not focus primarily on the data of the Bible.

2. It concentrates on the history of the church, that is, what the church has done in its historical practice to bring glory and honor to God.

3. Use of reason and sociology