To The One Reader

My only reader left a comment on the last post and posed some interesting questions here were the questions he posed: I wonder, what is the purpose of Christians meeting together? To glorify God? How do we glorify God? Is it by challenging or solidifying held beliefs? Some balance of both?
These question I'm assuming stemmed from my last post about using media in our church gatherings. I believe that Christians meet together for fellowship to edify and encourage each other and in doing this bringing glory to God. I do want to clarify one thing this doesn't mean that this is what Sunday mornings have to be. In my church Sunday morning gatherings are not necessarily for the believer but for those who don't believe. By loving people and continuing forward in our journey with Christ I believe is how we glorify God. How this looks I think can widely vary depending on the individual. God made us each unique with unique personalities, talents and ways of expression. Thus, we each uniquely glorify God. An example could be someone who is a talented musician. I believe that they are glorifying God when they use that gift in the way that God intended them to use it. For someone else it may look very different. I'm sure that challenging and solidifying held beliefs makes God happy but for some reason I can see him also looking down at us once we have solidified and thinking to himself "It's' about time you figured that out, now lets get moving!!"
I don't mean to bring less importance to solidifying ones beliefs it is important and it is all of those times which make the journey the journey.
Now how does this even remotely relate to my previous post about using an AC/DC song during one of our Sunday Gatherings? .....I guess the question is did using that clip of that song bring glory to God? I think that it did. It's purpose aligned with the mission of our church which is introducing people to a growing relationship with God. It was one tool of many that we used that Sunday which to introduce people. I believe that the chosen song worked well. Highway to Hell is a extremely well known song. Most people know it as soon as they hear it. Some people thought that we shouldn't use it because of the reputation of AC/DC. To me that was a reason to use it. People don't identify that music with church which in turn makes them begin to think about why they are hearing it in a church, of all places. I love it!!! It begins to get there minds cranking before the Pastor has even stepped up on stage.