The controversy about worship styles has degenerated into arguments based on personal preference. If there is any overriding biblical truth that must circumscribe every worship practice, it is that worship is all about God and not about us. There is little hope of worshiping in a manner that is pleasing to the Lord if we do not start with the Bible and stress what it stresses. The Beauty of Holiness is a guide to what the Bible says about the objective, manner, and the heart of worship.
“God has never been and will never be satisfied with heartless worship. Heartless worship is a major pitfall to avoid.” (Page 10)
“If there is any overriding biblical truth that must circumscribe every worship practice, it is that worship is all about God and not about us.” (Page 3)
“External religion breeds spiritual insensitivity by making the ‘worshipper’ oblivious to his real spiritual condition.” (Page 12)
“Worship centers on God, not man: it is Theocentric, not anthropocentric. God is to be worshipped for what He is worth and not for what worshipping Him may gain for the worshipper. Worshipping God as a means to an end rather than as the end itself turns worship away from God to man.” (Page 41)
“Since true worship flows from the knowledge of God, it follows that improper thinking about God contaminates and invalidates any act of worship.” (Page 13)