In the summer issue of Leadership Journal, Gordon MacDonald writes:
Amid all the talk about contemporary and ancient/future worship, I almost never hear anyone speculate on what genuine worship ought to produce in a person or a people. If it's so important, why are we vague about its results?....the talk is all about style. What's misssing is anyone asking, "What effects does true worship have upon people?"....When I search the Bible for worship experiences, I find diverse styles. But, more important, I see similar outcomes. Styles of worship were relatively insignificant; outcomes were everything...My point? We need conferences and seminars not on song-writing, not on stage-technology, not on dancing or video. But on what it is that is supposed to happen when people actually come into worshipful contact with the God who is above all "gods."
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