Bryan Chappell on Worship

He breaks down this ?gospel structure? down into eight basic components:

1. Adoration (recognition of God?s greatness and grace)
2. Confession (acknowledgement of our sin and need for grace)
3. Assurance (affirmation of God?s provision of grace)
4. Thanksgiving (expression of praise and thanks for god?s grace)
5. Petition and Intercession (expression of dependence on God?s grace)
6. Instruction (acquiring the knowledge to grow in grace)
7. Communion/Fellowship (celebrating the grace of union with Christ and his people)
8. Charge and Blessing (living for and in the light of God?s grace)

In the New Testament, Chapell says we find hints of a ?gospel structure? in Rom. 11-15 and Rev. 4-21. But he astutely observes that ?the lack of explicit detail [related to a liturgy] must reflect an intention to guide us by transcendent principles rather than by specific worship forms that could become culture-bound, time-locked, and superstition-invoking.? That means there can be variation in how these components are fleshed out. The important thing is that we have a gospel-driven purpose in why we do what we do.