Binding: Paperback
Page Count: 256
Publisher: Baker Book House
ISBN# : 9780801064685
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Description :
Across the spectrum of churches there seems to be a general vagueness
about the God we worship and the purpose of worship in the first place.
But do we have to settle for either dull routine or perpetual
innovation? In this penetrating examination of worship, Michael Horton
demonstrates that there is a better way. Dig below the surface of
today's worship wars and rediscover the biblical and theological
foundations for a Christian understanding of worship. Only then, Horton
contends, can we place Christ back on center stage and restore our
unity as the people of God in the presence of God.
Whether
you're a pastor, worship leader, or churchgoer longing to deepen your
faith, A Better Way will help you rethink Christian growth and
discipleship as it reveals the kind of dramatic, life-revitalizing
worship for which you were created.
There
is a distinct weariness with market-driven, showbiz worship. The
pendulum has swung to the longing for transcendence, substance,
challenge, and biblically driven worship. Michael Horton shows us the
way.
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-Robert Webber, president, Institute for Worship Studies; author of Ancient-Future Faith
Horton's enlivening wisdom is surely a godsend to all evangelicals.
--J. I. Packer, Regent College
What
is basic to the Church (preaching, baptism, the Lord's Supper) becomes
gripping drama in Michael Horton's hands--or, rather, in God's hands.
And this is the supreme gift of this book: it rescues worship from the
earthly fights over how to do it and puts us back in touch with worship
as God desires and directs it. Because this volume offers necessary
indictments and corrections regarding preaching, because it urges
pastors truly to be 'theologians of the cross,' it will contribute to
genuine reformation in churches.
--Marva Dawn,
Author Information:
The Rev. Michael S. Horton (Ph.D.) is president of the Alliance of
Confessing Evangelicals and editor of Modern Reformation magazine. A
minister in the United Reformed Churches in North America (URCNA),
Horton lives in Escondido, California.