3:16 — Colossians 3:16

Worship is often narrowed to music on a Sunday. Working from Colossians 3:16 and its call to let the message of Christ dwell richly as believers teach and admonish one another in song, this conversational study widens the definition. Anchored in Colossians 3's vision of a life raised with Christ and set on things above, the discussion distinguishes worship as what the heart treasures, corporate worship as the gathered body, and musical worship as one tool among many. Singing, prayer, silence, and lament are framed as ways the gathered church teaches itself the truth of God's word. The closing emphasis is that Sunday is the tip of an iceberg: corporate worship overflows from, and is meant to fuel, a whole life offered to God in word and deed throughout the week.