Monday, August 11, 2008

敬拜与说方言

Tony Siew的部落格阅读到这篇文章,是他对敬拜与说方言的观察及反思。我的五旬宗朋友,会有什么意见呢?

Sometimes when something good is overdone, the good can become a hindrance because there will other good things left undone. In a church service of 2 hours, how long shall we dedicate to singing and worship? I think 30 minutes to maximum 40 minutes will do, because other good things have to be given time, like preaching of the Word. Singing and music should never take the place of the sermon when the congregation learns to hear the Word of the Lord, meditate and reflect on it and challenged to obey it. Expounding the Word takes time and requires our minds to be alert to understand God's Word being preached. Our minds can be deadened when there is too much singing, moved just by our emotions leaving our minds underdone. The early church is said to devote to the teaching of the apostles, fellowship, breaking of bread, and prayers (Acts 2:42). Note that the teaching of the apostles is stated first, emphasizing its importance in the assembly of the saints. Prayers and fellowship too are part of worship. Only later in the passage that praise is mentioned in v. 47. (全文

2 comments:

逍遥子Odysseus said...

Hi ps,

我是五旬宗,有在敬拜時,說方言.

你很喜歡研究的保羅,他有說方言的恩賜嗎?

他有在敬拜時說方言嗎?

如果你的答案是"有", 那我覺得保羅和我, 和五旬宗,蠻靠近的,哈哈!

很多研究保羅的學者,不喜歡探討以上的問題.希望你是例外的.

Perng Shyang Teng said...

Hi Aaron,

1. “很多”研究保罗的学者不喜欢探讨你所提的问题?我不清楚,不知“很多”到底有多少。但是西方一般保罗神学的著作,都会在教会论的角度下处理这议题。

2. 我会不会是例外?哈哈,我不是学者,不在你所提的范围中。

3. 保罗是否和你,或五旬宗,或我靠近,不是大问题,更重要的是,我们是否靠近他!