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Basing my reflections here on James B. Torrance, Worship, Community & the Triune God of Grace<\/a><\/em>, I want to open up for conversation the topic of worship \u2014 and ask \u201cWhat is it?\u201d
\nIn his 1st chp, Torrance outlines three models: the Unitarian, the Existentialist, and the Trinitarian models of worship. Today we look at the first, the Unitarian model.
\n1. The heart of religion is the soul\u2019s immediate relationship to God.
\n2. The Father\u2019s relationship to the Son is the same relationship of the Father to Israel, to the Church, and to individual Christians today.
\n3. Worship is our offering to God the Father.
\n4. The mediatorial work of Christ either plays no role \u2014 Jesus models for us how to worship the Father \u2014 or very little role.
\nAt the heart of this form of worship is the conviction that the Son\u2019s relationship to the Father is generic<\/em> rather than unique<\/em>: his relationship is the same as our relationship to the Father.
\nThe Unitarian model is at the heart of Protestant Liberalism, and Torrance points especially to Adolf Harnack and John Hick as primary examples of the Unitarian model.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"