Synopses & Reviews
Worship is one of the most divisive Issues in churches today. Donald Hustad responds to the cataclysmic changes in worship styles over the last fifty years, examining the biblical elements of worship and offering a model for richer, God-honoring services. This provocative book is must reading for all pastors, church music leaders and educators, worship committees, and all Christians interested in worship.
Synopsis
Donald Hustad responds to the cataclysmic changes in worship styles over the last fifty years, examining the biblical elements of worship and offering a model for richer, God-honoring services.
Description
Includes bibliographical references (p. 298-303) and index.
Table of Contents
Prologue : Singing the Lord's song in a strange land -- Worshiping God in spirit and truth : in a strange land of obsessive formalism -- Worshiping God in cognitive and affective truth in a strange land of superficial emotionalism -- Worshiping God in theological truth in a strange land of theological confusion -- Worshiping God in biblical truth in a strange land of differing interpretations -- Worshiping God as the community of faith in a strange land of radical individualism -- Worshiping God in cultural truth in a strange land of pervasive secularism -- Worshiping God in artistic truth in a strange land of aesthetic relativism -- Worshiping God in liturgical truth in a strange land of destructive iconoclasm -- Worshiping God in educational truth in a strange land of intellectual ambivalence.