Category: Liturgy
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Sacraments help fuel harmony in churches
In an attempt to develop an ethos of “real”, modern Christianity, churches sometimes wipe away liturgy and relegate communion to a once-a-month endeavour. But there’s a real danger that, far from improving the culture of a church, it actually creates division. Dietrich Bonhoeffer, the great Lutheran theologian, pastor and opponent of Nazism, suggested in his…
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Why liturgy matters
The culture within evangelicalism sometimes leads churches to bin liturgy. After all, if we want to have a modern, real faith that’s grounded in what the early, first century church did, why do we need to do all this old-fashioned, stuffy prayer book malarky? But, as an evangelical, I love the liturgy for four reasons:…