The Simple Church Versus the Cluttery Church

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LZ Granderson: How we do church is really a captivating and difficult question to answer. He says in the Reformed tradition, this is kind of a big deal. LZ: The purpose of this law is to protect your congregation from you. "You've got to be careful that we don't turn the Lord's house into our own living room," he says.

Many of us were raised in churches that downplayed the clergy-laity distinction. Every member, we were told, was a minister. Now, we’re in churches that take ordination seriously and that sees the biblical rationale for “office.” Maybe we’re even relieved to find that these churches don’t fill our calendars with a busy week of “ministry activities,” but instead prioritize Sunday worship. But where does that leave the laity? And where is the spiritual formation that happens when we live in community with one another? In this episode of White Horse Inn, hosts Michael Horton, Justin Holcomb, and Bob Hiller consider how the liturgy of our worship pushes back against the liturgies of the world. And they discuss the responsibility of members to exercise their spiritual gifts alongside their freedom to receive and rest on the Lord’s day.