# What is Worship? Jesus Explains

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Podcast: [Dial In with Jonny Ardavanis](https://stenobird.com/podcast/dial-in-with-jonny-ardavanis-460773)
Published: 2026-06-02T10:45:00+00:00
Episode link: https://www.dialinministries.org
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## Resource

What is worship, really? Most people say "singing" — but Jesus has a very different answer. This episode is brought to you by our ministry partner Accountable2You. Join thousands living in freedom with nothing to hide, and visit https://accountable2you.com/dialin. Use our unique code DIALIN to get 25% off your first year of an Accountable2You Personal or Family Plan In John 4, Jesus sits down with the last person anyone expected: a Samaritan woman with a broken past. And in that conversation, he gives the clearest definition of worship in all of Scripture — in spirit and in truth. Here's the problem: most churches pick a lane. Some go all-in on the spiritual experience — the emotion, the atmosphere, the "encounter." Others go all-in on doctrine and truth — deep teaching, sound theology, the Word. And both camps look at the other and think they've got it figured out. But Jesus says they're two sides of the same coin.Spirit without truth leads to hysteria. Truth without spirit leads to stoicism — more morgue than a meeting with the living God. Real, biblical worship refuses to separate the two. In this episode we unpack: ✅ Why worship is far more than a song ✅ What "spirit" and "truth" actually mean — and why you need both ✅ How superficial teaching always produces superficial worship ✅ How the most rejected woman in the story became the first evangelist ✅ What God actually thinks about your worship 📖 John 4:16–42

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