For Carter County Times
The words “Praise and Worship” are linked together so often that I wonder if many people really pay any attention to the difference between the two words. “Praise and Worship” has become as common a phrase as “salt and pepper,” “peanut butter and jelly” or, “peas and carrots.” We use the phrase “Praise and Worship” to describe a specific musical genre or the musical portion of the Sunday morning gathering. “Praise and Worship” is not a genre of music but two different, but related concepts.
Praise is a part of worship, and worship is much larger than singing songs of praise. Have you ever thought much about the relationship between the two distinct words “praise” and “worship” and why they are usually linked together in that order? The customary order is “Praise and Worship,” This is the order in which these two events occur…