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Spirit and Sacrament: An Invitation to Eucharismatic Worship

February 12th, 2019 | 2 min read

By Caleb Wait

Andrew's new book, Spirit and Sacrament: An Invitation to Eucharismatic Worship, is just that: an invitation to have and experience charismatic worship while also holding to a high view of the sacraments. The crew sat down to discuss the book and also distinguish between what it means to be a "bouncy" charismatic and a "dusty" Anglican.

Timestamps: 

Overview of the book, answering the question as to why liturgical and sacramental churches often do not mesh with emotive charismatic churches [2:00 - 4:00].

Why a structured order of worship does not constrict the expressiveness of worship [6:15 - 8:40].

Why and how different kinds of behavior and personal dispositions help to inform their counterparts and ultimately seek to unify the church [8:40 -15:14].

Answering the question as to why emotive expressions of worship are often made to be spontaneous [15:14 - 24:00].

Why the book does not advocate for a separation or truncated view of the Spirit and the administration of the sacraments [24:00 - 26:15].

Andrew argues for why and how Eucharismatic worship is what is needed to avoid the spectacle of "rock concert worship" [26:15 - 29:37].

Answering the question as to how this kind of worship leads to an individual’s understanding and practice of spiritual gifts and their empowerment outside of the Sunday service [29:37 -33:04].

Answering how this view practically plays out in a church and speaks to different contexts, encouraging and challenging those from either charismatic or high church bents to embrace each other [33:04 - 34:00]

Conclusion, announcing special offer to supporters of the show [34:00 - 36:52].

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Finally, as always, follow DerekAndrew, and Alastair for more tweet-sized brilliance. Thanks to Timothy Motte for his sound editing work. And thanks to The Joy Eternal for lending us their music, which everybody should download out of gratitude for their kindness.

Caleb Wait

Caleb Wait (MATS, Westminster Seminary California) is a writer and the producer of Mere Fidelity. He and his wife Kristin have two children and live in Northern California. You can follow him on Twitter @calebwait and he invites you to email him at ciwait93@gmail.com.