The Internet Monk has another solid new article out called In Love With Jesus?, wherein he tackles the subject of romanticism in Christian worship and theology. The Monk examines how romanticism has crept into every facet of modern Evanglicalism, and at every turn shows how it is an inadequate paradigm compared to a scriptural view of Christianity and worship. Ultimately, he comes to the following conclusion:

Romanticism cannot express the essence of the Christian life accurately or Biblically. It's usefulness as a way of describing the Christian life has been greatly exaggerated, and based mostly on a wrong reading of the Song of Solomon. The theme of the Bride of Christ is important in the New Testament, but it never resulted in expressions of romanticism in the life and worship of the church. Instead, images like the bride resulted in higher esteem for the church as a redeemed community, not a more personalized and emotional individual experience for the believer. Romanticism is not a significant Biblical expression of praise, certainly not worthy of becoming a regular part of our worship, prayer and communication of the Gospel. As understood and experienced today, romanticism is a flawed metaphor for delighting in and loving God. It is vastly inferior to scripture's own description of love for God as seeking our joy in obedience to the Lord. "Come fall in love wit!
h Jesus," is not an invitation to faith that we should endorse or repeat.