prescribed, but their hearts were not in it. They skated on the surface of superficial lip-service to God. As Jesus said of them, “Hypocrites! Well did Isaiah prophesy about you, saying: ‘These people draw near to Me with their mouth, and honor Me with their lips, but their heart is far from Me. And in vain they worship Me …’ ” (Matt. 15:7–9a). There is no doubt that God wants His worship to have form, so the question is not whether we will have a liturgy or not. The issue is whether the liturgy
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