Another misconception frequently touted is that worship should be user-friendly. I am certainly not advocating worship that alienates or is totally inaccessible, but Scripture helps us see that being confronted by God is not always comfortable or comforting.

God is not easily understandable, nor is it cozy to be a disciple. We must be careful that it is not God’s earthly servants who offend, but the Lord of the gospel…is a stone of stumbling and a rock of offense.

User-friendly worship seems to me to sacrifice an awe-full lot of God.