In July, I had the privilege of attending the Worship God conference run by Sovereign Grace Music in Louisville, Kentucky.
We dwelt upon how our union with Christ shapes our Christian lives and our congregational worship. It was a blessed time of faithful preaching and rich times of singing. Two things in particular stood out to me:
The centrality of the word of God
One of the hallmarks of Sovereign Grace that has become central in my own ministry is that leading congregational worship is pastoral. This leads to a strong emphasis on the word of God in our leadership and our songs, because through the word we see Jesus, and He is the One we (and those we lead) need.
