The Gospel Alphabet: "W" for "Worship"

“W”—Worship

We must continually teach and learn the Gospel because there is simply nothing else that evokes worship and adoration as the Gospel does. A survey of the hymnody of the church through the past twenty centuries makes this evident. The best hymns which have shown themselves to have staying power have always been Gospel—saturated.

God is glorified, Christ is exalted, and the cross and Christ’s atoning work are central. The same is true of the other key elements of Christian worship—our preaching, our confessions, our prayers, our ordinances. Take away the Gospel and Christian worship ceases.