The Best of Harold M.

Harold Best's "Traditional Hymn-Based Worship" is a nice piece of work! Here are some questions that might help us get at Best's text:

1. In what two ways are worship preferences generated?
2. Is contemporary worship a tradition?.
3. What is the opposite of the dynamically relevent indigenous culture Best is arguing for?
4. What do you think is the dynamically relevent indigenous culture Best is arguing for?
5. What is the difference between "created to worship" and "created worshipping?"
6. What is the root meaning of liturgy?
7. What does music turn out to be the line in the sand for many church goers?
8. Why is the hymnbook the temporal and artifactual servant of the Word of God?
9. What are the limitations of the contemporary praise and worship song?
10. How can music decrease so that text can increase?
11. What are the advantages 0f a portable, readable, hands on, printed hymnbook?
12. What do you think Best is getting at when he states that "hymns turn out to be a wonderful and massive metaphor for the union of divine revelation and human reponse?"
13. What about organs and praise bands?