Yes, it has been since before my vacation that I’ve read any of Recovering the Reformed Confession. I’ve been quite busy since I’ve been back. But I’m picking up with Recovering Reformed Worship.
Immediately he is lamenting the changes to worship liturgy in the last 30 years, including the loss of the Psalter. He quotes D.G. Hart:
“… more congregations in the PCUSA are likely to follow the Genevan order of service than those in the OPC or PCA.”
My initial response is that the Genevan order of service isn’t getting them too far. I’d rather keep Calvin’s theology than his order of service.
We actually utilize a fairly traditional liturgy or structure to our worship (Call to Worship, Invocation, Confession of Sin, Confession of Faith, Pastoral Prayer, Scripture Reading & Sermon, Benediction). We want the heritage to inform us, but not enslave us. Clark is alarmed that Calvin, the Heidelberg Reformers and others would not recognize our worship services. Neither would the Apostles. For that matter, they wouldn’t recognize the services of Calvin and the others either.
Cavman Considers 