“God doesn’t just care that he is worshiped, he cares how he is worshiped.” Pastor Adriel Sanchez and Core Christianity producer Aaron Simon discuss what Scripture says is fitting and acceptable in a worship service, and how many evangelical churches have sought to domesticate worship, making it comfortable and casual rather than reverent and transcendent.

What Is (and Isn’t) Acceptable in a Worship Service?
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