Purchase on Amazon.com Ross, Allen P. Recalling the Hope of Glory: Biblical Worship from the Garden to the New Creation. Grand Rapids, MI: Kregel Publications, 2006. Amidst a secular cultural landscape and within an ever-present climate of debate over what constitutes …
Purchase on Amazon.com Westermeyer, Paul. Te Deum: The Church and Music. Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 1998. A fuller knowledge of present-day church music requires an understanding not only of its historical development but also the theological contexts that house it. Paul Westermeyer, …
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Christ-Centered Worship: Letting the Gospel Shape Our Practice, by Bryan Chapell (Grand Rapids: Baker Academic, 2009). The gospel shape of Christian liturgy is receiving a decent amount of attention lately. Bryan Chapell’s book is among the earliest of these recent treatments …
Story-Shaped Worship: Following Patterns from the Bible and History, by Robbie F. Castleman (Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, 2013). One of the books that presents a helpful balance between deep insight and accessibility is Robbie F. Castleman’s Story-Shaped Worship. A …
Veith Jr., Gene Edward. State of the Arts: From Bezalel to Mapplethorpe. Illinois: Crossway Books, 256 pp. $14.99 What is good art, bad art, and art acceptable to God? For years this question has provided plenty of discussion and lively …
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Lovelace, Austin C. The Anatomy of Hymnody. Chicago: GIA Publications, Inc., 1965. To meaningfully approach the spiritual nature or “soul” of a hymn requires a masterful comprehension of the structural components that house its meaning. Austin C. Lovelace (1919–2010), who taught …
The Life of the Church: The Table, Pulpit, and Square, by Joe Thorn. Chicago: Moody Publishers, 2017. 109 pp. $11.99. In this short book, Joe Thorn, founding pastor of Redeemer Fellowship Church, proclaims that the church’s primary job is making …
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Worshiping with the Anaheim Vineyard, by Ruth A. Park and C. Rethmeier. Grand Rapids, MI: Wm. B. Eerdmans, 2017. 148 pp. $25.00. Worshiping with the Anaheim Vineyard is the fifth in a series of books published by Eerdmans designed to …
Sing! How Worship Transforms Your Life, Family, and Church, by Keith and Kristyn Getty. Nashville: B&H Publishing Group, 2017. 176 pp. $12.99. “Though maybe misunderstood, regularly a bone of contention, and often under-practiced, congregational singing is one of the greatest …
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Worship in the Way of the Cross: Leading Worship for the Sake of Others, by John Frederick. Downers Grove, IL: IVP Books, 2017. 208 pp. Kindle. $10.79. John Frederick, an assistant professor and the worship arts coordinator in the College …
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