D.S. al Coda: Go to the Sign of the Cross, Then proceed to the End

  John 4:24 – God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth.   What a loaded question! On the one hand I could answer this quickly and easily, on the other hand it is virtually impossible to answer completely and satisfactorily. This is because there are two separate worlds of worship: private (or personal) and corporate. One is a very deep personal love relationship and the other is a complicated mixture of faith, doctrine, religion, traditions, customs, politics, Kingdom growth, evangelism, discipleship, business, marketing, sociology, community, technology, celebration, beauty, art, music, teaching, preaching, praise, prayer, appropriateness, timing, flow, and a whole lot more. What is in the world of private or personal worship? The Bible says that God is jealous for our worship and will not share His supremacy with any other god, person, or thing. Since God is a “pneuma” which means “spirit” and “breath” and must b

Peace on Earth!   Isn’t that what we long for?   Yet, it sure seems like we are just constantly farther away from world peace, and closer to world war!    This is a time of year when the world tries really hard to close its eyes just for a moment and imagine or pretend that world peace can exist, even if just for a moment.   John Lennon’s “Imagine” gives a recipe for peace, but tragically has it all wrong.   What a fatal delusion it is for the fallen and sinful race of mankind to have a theme song that says   there simply is no heaven or hell, no Creator, no Savior, and “above us only sky!”   Yet, because it is a beautiful song, millions (including Christians!) love to hear it and sing it.   In 1999 BMI named “Imagine” as one of the top 100 most performed songs of the 20th century.   In 2004 Rolling Stone magazine voted it the third greatest song of all time.   In 2005 the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation named it the greatest song in the past 100 years, as voted by listeners.   200