Contemporary Worship Web Page Living Words for the Living God Language is an important part of everyday life. If you were to use antiquated or specialized language when talking to a neighbor or a friend you'd likely get a strange look.
People expect to hear words and phrases they understand when they are talking to one another.
Especially when they speak about important things. The church for too many years used antiquated or specialized language in its worship. This has left it feeling nostalgic, at its best, and obsolete, at its worst. Jesus' life and ministry showed that God talked to the people of Jesus' time in words and ideas that were contemporary and relevant to daily life. God is more than an idea from ancient history.