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DOES YOUR CHURCH WORSHIP ITS WORSHIP STYLE?

If the answer is yes, think about this quote:

"Whenever the method of worship becomes more important than the Person of worship, we have already prostituted our worship. There are entire congregations who worship praise and praise worship but who have not yet learned to praise and worship God in Jesus Christ."

--Judson Cornwall

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