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Friday, 23 January 2009 21:58

Preamble:

I’ve been writing a song for more than a year. Which means I’m waiting to get the words finished.
Oh, what a day the LORD has made. Let us rejoice and be glad. For such a time the Church is called - filling the earth with His glory.
You are good, and your love endures. You are good and your love endures. You are good and your love endures for ever.

For the church to function completely, there needs to be unity. When singers and musicians worshiped with one heart at the dedication of the temple, there was such a manifestation of the glory of God that no one could continue! We need the presence of the Glory to be manifest, don't we? It takes some unity. That's what the "taxonomy" is about.

I remember when I was being instructed in adult education that we looked at Bloom's Taxonomy. Which outlines principles of adult learning. This is my taxonomy of worship. Which outlines principles of the worship dynamic. Its a slice of it, anyway. You can't possibly express the dynamic of worship in a linear manner.

1. Wherever the people of God meet together and worship the manifest glory of the LORD is revealed.

2. The degree of revelation of His glory (r)1 is directly proportional to the number of people (n) and the amount of unity (u).
r = n x u
(Principle of multiplication)

3. Unity is a factor of ethnicity, denominational affiliation, culture, etc. - diversity (d), and the extent to which lives are laid down, and preference is shown to other brothers and sisters2 in the congregation - humility (h).
u = d x h

 

This is my own note, added later:

The extended equation would look like this, in order to include all the factors: r = n x d x h

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