Pastor Scott answers your questions about his sermon "The Function of Prayer in Worship." Questions submitted for this episode include:  Could you give examples of lyrics from popular worship songs which are heretical? Should we listen to early teaching by preachers who later in their ministry strayed from orthodoxy? Could we sing songs that vary from our statement of faith? Should we listen to Christian radio? Can we use a Christian standard to evaluate secular music? 

Pastor Scott answers your questions about his sermon "The Function of Singing in Worship." Questions include: • Do angels sing? • What do you think of secular music? • Is there any style of music that is ungodly? • Is excellence only required of those leading the congregational singing? • How do I avoid being hypocritical when the song lyrics are not true of me? • How theologically precise must a song be? • Could a woman lead worship at East White Oak?

Pastor Scott answers your questions about his sermon “The Function of the Word of the God in Worship.” Questions include:  Was the synagogue curriculum exclusively Bible or were other subjects taught? • Should literacy always be part of evangelistic missionary efforts? • Is Holy Spirit illumination required for understanding the Bible? • Would it be accurate to say that everything in the Bible is true? 

Join Pastor Scott as he answers questions about his sermon “The Godly Habits of Private Worship.” Questions include: Are there any Bible translations to absolutely avoid? Should our songs all be “praise” or should there be “lament” and “confession” songs? How much of our prayer should be talking and how much listening? If “all of life is worship” then eating is just as much worship as fasting, right? 

Ep. 27 "Ask Scott" Podcast" | Practical Suggestions for Genuine Worship

• Do we need to expand our definition of “reverent”? • What are we to think of worshippers who are “excited” or “demonstrative”? • Is it okay for Christians to use songs written by Mormons or Jehovah’s Witnesses as long as the Christians are singing about the one true God? • What are some practical suggestions for making Bible study worshipful? ...and more!