Emotion and its relevance to the polemic between reformed and pentecostal/charismatic

The relevance of emotions in Christian worship have become an important issue particularly when polemic on this topic emerges between Reformed and Pentecostal/Charismatic Christians. In this paper the author strives to study and analyze the emotions both in history and in recent study to find out the concept and meaning of that term in the hope that this research contributes to both Reformed and Pentecostal/Charismatic toward a better worship in the future. The author starts with presenting the polemic between Reformed and Pentecostal/Charismatic, then describing the concept and meaning of the of the emotions in history and in recent research, and finally, making proposals on how emotions to be used Christian worship.