@holy_nope: The normative principle says we should worship according to God's commandments and we are free to practice anything that is not explicitly forbidden in God's Word concerning worship. So Mr. Normative says, "Yeah we should have the public reading of Scripture, and corporate prayer, and the preaching of the Word, but the Bible doesn't say we cant have the pastor enter on a zipline. The Bible doesn't explicitly forbid superbowl themed half-time shows in the middle of service, fog machines, singing worldly songs, therefore we are free to do that. On the other hand, the regulative principle states that true worship is according only to what God has commanded in Scripture, either in imperative form or by imperative force. By imperative form we mean an explicit command, and by imperative force we mean an example given us in Scripture. Sam Waldron puts it this way: "The difference between the normative principle and the regulative principle is illustrated by two builders building the temple. Mr. Normative uses both biblical and other materials, but has no blueprint, while Mr. Regulative has a blueprint and uses only biblical materials. The two temples will be very different." #holynope #nope #worship #regulativeprincipleofworship

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