In reply to Paul K..

This reference to 1 Cor. 1h: 23-25 seems taken out of context. The comment indicates we should be "conducting" our gatherings with an "aim of communicating clearly" to outsiders and unbelievers. Certainly this is true, but the scripture here, seems rather to focus on the power of the Word of God which is the thing that is able to bring people to faith -- not being "seeker sensitive" if this is what the commentator is referencing. Paul instead is speaking to an inappropriate and incorrect focus on speaking in tongues (a activity that would lead nonbelievers to say someone is out of their mind and nont likely to draw them in). Rather the actual Word of God (which is what prophecy is -- the speaking of God's Word) is a better focus. This speaking of the Word of God is more likely to be beneficial to the non-believing hearer. Indeed this is what a liturgical service is -- a service rich and full in the Word of the LORD powerful and mighty.