Binding: PaperbackPage Count: 285Publisher: InterVarsity PressISBN# : 9780830826971
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Description : Worship is of immense concern in the church and ironically the source of controversy and dispute. Can we get behind the question of what style of worship we should engage in to understand the bedrock foundation for God's people--honoring him as he desires? Is the dissatisfaction with worship voiced by so many perhaps a result of our having wandered from biblical teaching on the subject?
Through careful exegesis in both Old and New Testaments, David Peterson unveils the total life-orientation of worship that is found in Scripture. Rather than determining for ourselves how we should worship, we, his people, are called to engage with God on the terms he proposes and in the way he alone makes possible.
This book calls for a radical rethinking of the meaning and practice of worship, especially by those responsible for leading congregations. Here is the starting place for recovering the richness of biblical worship.
takes a fresh look at biblical teaching on the subject of worship
offers careful exegesis of both Old and New Testaments
calls for a radical rethinking of the meaning and practice of worship
introduces the idea that worship is a life orientation
academically sound while also being readable for worship leaders
foreword by I. Howard Marshall
Scripture, subject and author indexes
Table of Contents
Foreword by I. Howard Marshall1. Engaging with God in the Old Testament 2. Honouring, serving and respecting God 3. Jesus and the new temple 4. Jesus and the new covenant 5. Temple and community in the Acts of the Apostles 6. Paul and the service of the gospel 7. Serving God in the assembly of his people 8. The book of Hebrews and the worship of Jesus 9. Worship in the Revelation of John 10. Worship and the gospel--a summary
