This Sunday, we will confess corporately as we always do. Well, not exactly as we always do. We will sing it, and we will recite it together, but we won’t confess silently. Although our corporate worship will always contain certain elements, those elements can take on a number of forms. We know that our liturgy, our traditions and our rituals can not and will not supersede the life-giving Spirit or its work in our meetings. Thus our designs for worship should point believers to that very real, experience-altering presence promised in God’s word, while pointing the non-Christian to the gospel for security.

Let’s explore some new ways to recount the gospel to each other in God’s presence Sunday. Consider this song of preparation – with confession at its heart – from one of my favorite Christian song writers, Brooks Ritter: Waters of Forgiveness

By his wounds, our debts were paid.
Come sinner, find your life.

 

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Christopher Hiatt