"Preaching about Christ must be at the heart of a Christian theology of worship. As in the Old Testament, the word of the Lord is central to a genuine encounter with God. Those who are concerned about God-honouring worship will be concerned about proclamation of the gospel, in the world and in the church, in public teaching and private dialogue.
"If worship is engagement with God on the terms that he proposes and in the way that he alone makes possible, preaching Christ is a key to that engagement.
"[The Book of] Acts points to the proclamation of the heavenly rule of Christ, with all its implications, as the means chosen by God to draw people into relationship with himself, through Christ, in the power of the Holy Spirit. God's great act of redemption in Christ is the basis of a call to enter into and enjoy the blessings of the new covenant.
"Worship in New Testament terms means responding with one's whole life and being to the divine kingship of Jesus."
-- David Peterson, "Engaging with God" p. 144 (Eerdmans: 1992)
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