End Of Days News
1. Worship shouldn’t be focused on the stage. A skilled
worship leader points people to heaven—not to the platform, the singers
or the guitarists. If the only lights in the room are on the praise
team, worship can quickly become a spectator sport. God likes to hear
all His people singing—not just the band.
2. Worship is not just about “me and Jesus.”
Worship in a dark room isn’t wrong—but it makes it more about a
personal experience and less about corporate connection. There is
something deeply inspiring when a congregation joins in unity to exalt
Jesus; yet this is lost when we can’t even see each other.
3. Worship is nothing to be embarrassed about.
I can sort of understand the desire to dim the lights so newcomers
aren’t completely freaked out by hand-raising or other exhuberant
expressions of praise. But why hide the excitement? Jesus said:
“Everyone who confesses Me before men, I will also confess Him before My
Father who is in heaven” (Matt. 10:32). If we’re going to boldly
confess Christ, let’s do it in the light where people can see us.
4. Dark auditoriums are risky.
Has anyone considered the legal ramifications of this lights-out
policy? Suppose a child is trampled in the aisles because a worshiper
gets rowdy. What if an elderly person falls and no one notices until the
third song is over? Even movie theaters have lighting in the aisles,
but I’ve never seen a church that provides that. If you insist on
turning the lights off, be careful!
5. Some people think darkness is creepy. The church should be a welcoming place that feels safe and inviting. That’s why we call churches
sanctuaries.
But psychologists tell us that people who have been abused or
traumatized often suffer from fear of the dark. Can you imagine how
these people feel in church if the lights go out and strangers are
shuffling next to them? Caring pastors will not allow people to feel
threatened or unsafe in God’s house.
6. God likes light! The
first thing God created was light, and in the last book of the Bible we
are told “there will no longer be any night” when Christ rules over the
new earth (see Rev. 22:5). We are also told in 1 John 1:5: “God is
light, and in Him there is no darkness at all.” So if heaven is full of
light, and eternity will be fully illumined by the radiance of God’s
glory, why would we want to worship in the dark?
