The Heavens are Telling the Glory of God

I'm no physicist by any stock of the imagination, so I'll be the first to admit I can't begin to understand the technicalities of what I'm about to discuss, but even at surface level this "junk" is mind blowing. So please feel free to clarify my understanding.
http://www.cebaf.gov/news/internet/1997/spooky.html
http://www.braungardt.com/Physics/Quantum%20Nonlocality.htm

Since I'm not a scientist (duh), my interest is metaphysical: which is the connection that fascinates me.
http://www.answersingenesis.org/articles/arj/v1/n1/unification-theory
http://www.icr.org/index.php?module=articles&action=view&ID=434

Now string theory and m-theory are still being defined, and so it's not totally valid to postulate connections between those speculative ideas (eg., a ten-dimensional reality) with metaphysics as yet, I would imagine... but the claims of Quantum physics have been repeatedly produced by experiment, therefore a connection to reality has already been demonstrated. Which, as the article points out, means that what we perceive as matter is in fact infinitesimal charges of electric energy and empty space, not just subatomic particles. Yes, this is demonstrable science.

And then the whole issue of Quantum nonlocality. I'm not even going to go into how mind-blowing that is, because its possibility apparently irritated even Einstein, who despised Quantum physics because of it messing with the "rules", enough said. This ties in with teleportation. Yes, this too is demonstrated science.

Makes you wonder. As of today, broadly speaking, science is mostly an atheistic or agnostic curiosity... and the presuppositions are definitely atheistic (you could say anti-theistic implicitly as a suppression of the glory of God). But I wonder, when does Romans 1 emphatically kick in? While general revelation (the universe) does not provide answers that lead to salvation, we know that creation points to a creator. In that sense, I think biblically, speaking for humanity as a group, humanity's pursuit of discovery will lead man to God (whatever the outcome). Am I mistaken to ask - Is that not guaranteed? Will scientists start bridging the (technically non-existent) gap between the "physical" and metaphysical?

Maybe we see some of this already today. For instance: What, technically, is considered a miracle? It's the setting aside of the physical laws of the universe to accomplish something. If you read the dude's section (in the answersingenesis link) on "Zero-point energy field" the very underlying elemental foundations of all matter contradict the classical laws of physics, so that the unexpected is expected. For example, it is postulated that the expansion of the universe means that zero point energy is constantly being created out of nothing (the universe does not become diluted). There's a sense that (and this is my own take) realistically, the very underlying principle of all existence is miraculous (if defined as the setting aside of known laws).

And with these discoveries, questions arise of existence and the impact of the individual on reality, and the connection between the metaphysical and the natural. It seems the deeper science goes, it moves not away from those questions and their answers, but right into the maelstrom of the fundamental questions of spirituality.
As a rank amateur, I'm flabbergasted.

People, Psalm 8.

Worship is Holistic

"For to worship is to quicken the conscience by the holiness of God, to feed the mind with the truth of God, to purge the imagination by the beauty of God, to open up the heart to the love of God, to devote the will to the purpose of God."

William Temple, late Archbishop of Canterbury

Worship and the Work of God

"I am of the opinion that we should not be concerned about working for God until we have learned the meaning and the delight of worshiping Him. A worshiper can work with eternal quality in his work."

"Christ saves us to make us worshipers and workers. But we evangelicals ignore the first altogether so that we are not producing worshipers in our day. Workers, yes, we're producing workers. Founders, yes, they're a dime a dozen. Promoters, producers artists, entertainers, religious DJs, we've got them by the thousands. Beat a bush and there will be two artists to hop out and a DJ." (Sermon to Youth for Christ, National Convention of YFC in Chicago, 1960)

"To try to get souls saved at the expense of the glory of God is to cheat God of His glory and not get souls saved anyhow. We just make proselytes who aren't Christians but something else." (Sermon, "Prayer," Chicago, 1956)

Tozer on Worship & Entertainment, Compiled by James L. Snyder

Acceptable Worship

One of the great things about getting a theological education is exposure to writers that have been around for literally ages: It's like finding diamonds in the dust. Here's a quote about the role of emotions in worship:

That religion which God requires, and will accept, does not consist in weak, dull, and lifeless wishes, raising up but a little above a state of indifference: God, in His Word, greatly insists upon it, that we be in good earnest, "fervent in spirit," and our hearts vigorously engaged in religion, and our wills and inclinations be not strongly exercised, we are nothing. The things of religion are so great, that there can be no suitableness in the exercises of our hearts...unless they be lively and powerful! In nothing is vigour in the actings of our inclination so requisite as in religion; and in nothing is lukewarmness so odious.
Jonathan Edwards, The Religious Affections

So let's be vigorous. On any given Sunday, with the household of God - leaving the drudgery, the baggage of life behind, let us take our eyes off ourselves and look toward Him: he is the author and benefactor of our faith. In acknowledgment of his all-sufficiency specific to our lives, let us pour out our hearts. Let the response that we give to him in song, in public exaltation, be worthy in some measure, of praise befitting The King.

Worship Matters: Idolatry on Sunday Mornings, Pt. 3

Worship Matters: Idolatry on Sunday Mornings, Pt. 3

Bob Kauflin of Sovereign Grace Ministries fame has really hit upon a gem of a series - a three part posting about the Idols that we put in front of ourselves on Sunday Mornings when we should be worshipping God.

The whole thing is worth reading, but here's a snippet to whet interest

As I mentioned in my post yesterday, idolatry can be active in my heart even as I’m outwardly worshipping God. That’s a sobering thought. Whenever I think I can’t worship God unless “X” is present, I’m making a profound statement. If “X” is anything other than Jesus Christ and the Holy Spirit, I’ve moved into idolatrous territory.