Glory revealed? 

A lady approached a minister and asked the minister to baptise her child. They discussed what infant baptism was, and when he asked her when she wanted her child to be baptised, she told him that she didn’t want the baptism to be done as part of the Sunday worship service. When he asked why, she said to him that those attending didn’t want to sit through a boring sermon.

I don’t know how you felt when you heard the account I’ve just given. I have no doubt there will be some that will be nodding thinking about the last time you had a particularly bad sermon. There will be some that are thinking about the theological debate about infant vs believer baptism. There will be some that may be outraged that people see the church merely as a vehicle to get things done. And there may be some that are thinking what our current worship says about the way we make known to the sons of men His mighty acts, And the glorious majesty of His kingdom.

This is the question I want us to focus on as we go through the day. For many churches, the main point of outreach is their Sunday worship. It’s not ideal but it’s what they have. Does your Sunday service make known to people His mighty acts, and the glorious majesty of His kingdom? It’s a challenge to myself, as a preacher and worship leader, as much as it is to you listening. And as with most of these things there are no easy answers so today please think about your Church services and if need be make some changes and have a conversation with some to make changes so that God may be shown in all his glory and wonder.