A steady diet of performances by soloists or even choirs can have the unintended effect of undermining the corporate, participative nature of our musical worship. People can gradually come to think of worship in terms of passive observation, which we do not see modeled in the Bible. Such a diet may also begin to blur the line between worship and entertainment, especially in a television-sopped culture like ours, where one of our most insidious expectations is to be always entertained. Of course, this blurring is hardly ever intended. But over time, separating the “performers” from “the rest of the congregation” can subtly shift the focus of our attention from God to the musicians and their talent – a shift that is frequently revealed by applause at the end of some performance pieces. Who is the beneficiary of such applause? (Mark Dever and Paul Alexander).

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CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Meats		Salads, Poultry	1	Servings

INGREDIENTS

1		Small sweet pickle
1		1-inch piece onion
1		Cooked chicken breast, cubed
1/3	c	Mayonnaise
1/2	ts	Sugar
1	ds	Salt
1	ds	Pepper

INSTRUCTIONS

Place pickle and onion in blender or food processor. Process until finely
chopped. Add chicken and process 3 fast pulses. Add remaining ingredients
and process 2 fast pulses. Yield: 1 Cup
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“The art of love is God at work through you. #Wilferd A. Peterson”

The excessive preeminence given to the Holy Spirit in their devotions and their preoccupation with gifts, ecstasies, and “prophecies” has tended to neglect of the Scriptures. Why be tied to a Book out of the past when one can communicate every day with the living God? But this is exactly the danger point. Apart from the constant control of the written revelation, we soon find ourselves engulfed in subjectivity; and the believer, even if he has the best intentions, can sink rapidly into deviations, illuminism or exaltation. Let each remind himself of the prohibition of taking anything away from Scripture or adding anything to it (Deut. 4:2; Rev. 22:18–19). Almost every heresy and sect has originated in a supposed revelation or a new experience on the part of its founder, something outside the strictly biblical framework.

Rene Pache