Should a worship leader have a good knowledge of doctrine? Before I go any further with this post I should point out that I just used "worship" as an adjective when it is much more than that but I will get to that in another post.
Jesus told the woman of Samaria that the time was coming when we would worship in spirit and in truth. People love the spirit part but they ignore the truth. What does that mean for our worship?
First, we must know the truth and not just the truth in abstract but the Truth as a person. Jesus is the Truth and the life. Our worship is not just with our emotions but it involves the mind.
Second, it means that the songs that we sing should speak the truth. They should be more than a catchy tune but have meaningful words. My son often said that the choruses we sing are take home theology. It is important that the words speak the truth. It is important that the one that picks the songs we sing also knows the truth.
Some people have said "no creed but Christ" but what does that mean? If you don't have a creed then what do you believe abut Christ? Who is He? The creed "no creed but Christ" is laziness and does more harm to our worship than we could imagine. We must know the truth, we must worship with our minds, we must know doctrine to worship properly.
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