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Ancient Fire: The Power of Christian Rituals in Contemporary Worship is unavailable, but you can change that!

The greatest challenge and responsibility in contemporary worship is distinguishing between the fire and the ashes—to stoke the fire of God’s presence while simultaneously disposing of the ashes of obsolete worship styles and practices. As contemporary worship moves from traditional to modern to postmodern, how can pastors and worship leaders be sure they are retaining what is essential to...

evil.”2 He is holy, and He purifies all things related to Him. To worship is to be in His holy presence and to be drawn into Him to participate in His nature, His presence, and His power. To keep the fire burning continuously, we must always keep the dynamic presence of God in our lives and in our worship. If He is not present—if He is not purifying, igniting, warming, refining, leading, speaking, and empowering—then the Fire (divine presence and power) is not present and the fire (passion and spiritual
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