Is worship just Christian karaoke?

Ask Away

Vince and Jo Vitale

Religion & Spirituality

4.9 • 702 Ratings

🗓️ 25 June 2025

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

Isn't there something feudalistic and demeaning about "worshipping" God? What modern, rational, free and autonomous person would want to do that? And what is "worship," anyway? Is it just Christian karaoke, or something more? In this episode of Ask Away, recorded at Menlo Church in California, Jo considers both why we worship and what it looks like to worship God authentically. ------ We’re so glad you joined us for Ask Away. If you have a question that needs answering, we’d love to hear it. Send us an email at [email protected] or call and leave a voicemail at ‪(321) 213-9670‬. Ask Away is hosted by Vince and Jo Vitale, and produced by Studio D Podcast Production. New episodes come out regularly, so make sure to subscribe. The best way you can support Ask Away is to leave a review. All you have to do is open up the Podcast App on your phone, look for Ask Away, scroll down until you see ‘Write a Review’ and tell us what you think. If you’d like to see videos from Vince and me, invite us to speak, or make a financial gift so that more people’s questions can be heard on Ask Away, visit Kardiaquestions.com See you next time, and remember, if you have a question, it’s worth asking.

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0:00.0	I was a skeptic who came to faith through asking hard questions.
0:04.2	I'm a long-time Christian whose faith was challenged by hard questions.
0:08.4	Whatever your story is, we all ask questions.
0:12.0	But some questions are more difficult to answer than others.
0:15.8	And some questions keep us up at night.
0:18.4	Who am I?
0:19.6	Does my life have value?
0:21.2	What determines my identity and purpose?
0:23.7	Is there a God?
0:24.9	Does he care?
0:26.0	What will happen when I die?
0:27.8	Is it even possible to know the truth?
0:29.7	We believe every question is valuable, and we receive every question as a gift.
0:35.8	So welcome to the podcast, where we invite you to ask away.
0:41.6	We start out this morning. I want you to picture this scene with me. You walk into a venue
0:48.7	filled with a large crowd of people unsure what to expect and so you nervously take a seat in one of the
0:55.4	rows, and there's this kind of buzz of excitement in the air. Music starts blasting out of loud
1:00.6	speakers, and all of a sudden the crowd gets to their feet. They raise their hands in the air
1:04.8	in a synchronized motion, and they all burst into infused song. And from that point on, you just have no idea what is going on.
1:13.9	All eyes are fixed on this team that are up at the front, and the audience keep getting up and
1:18.7	down and bursting into song and getting strangely emotional about what is happening while
1:23.7	confusing information is flashing across these big screens behind you, and then random
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