Unceasing Worship

Author : Harold M. Best
Publisher : InterVarsity Press
Page : 230 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2009-08-20
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780830877584

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Unceasing Worship by Harold M. Best Pdf

One of Discerning Reader's Best Books We are not created to worship. Nor are we created for worship. We are created worshiping. Too often Christians have only thought of worship in terms of particular musical styles or liturgical formats. But a proper view of worship is far larger than what takes place in churches on Sunday mornings. Worship is not limited to specific times, places or activities. God is by his very nature continuously outpouring himself. Because we are created in his image, we too are continually pouring ourselves in various directions, whether toward God or toward false gods. All of us, Christian or not, are always worshiping, whether or not that worship is directed toward God. We are unceasing worshipers. The fruition of a lifetime of study, reflection and experience, this volume sets forth Harold M. Best's understanding of worship and the arts. Widely respected as one of the foremost thinkers and practitioners in his field, Best explores the full scope of worship as continuous outpouring in all settings and contexts. With careful exposition and eloquent analysis, Best casts a holistic vision for worship that transcends narrow discussions of musical style or congregational preference. On this broader canvas, Best addresses popular misunderstandings about the use of music and offers correctives toward a more biblically consistent practice of artistic action. Incisive, biblical, profound and comprehensive, Best's landmark volume is one by which all other statements on worship and the arts will be measured.

Author : Steven Félix-Jäger
Publisher : InterVarsity Press
Page : 182 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2022-09-06
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781514000151

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Renewal Worship by Steven Félix-Jäger Pdf

At its best, all Christian worship is led by the Holy Spirit. But is there a distinctive theology of Pentecostal worship? The Pentecostal church or the renewal movement is among the fastest-growing parts of the body of Christ around the world, which makes understanding its theology and practice critical for the future of the church. In this volume in IVP Academic's Dynamics of Christian Worship (DCW) series, theologian Steven Félix-Jäger offers a theology of renewal worship, including its biblical foundations, how its global nature is expressed in particular localities, and how charismatic worship distinctively shapes the community of faith. With his guidance, the whole church might understand better what it means to pray, "Come, Holy Spirit!" The Dynamics of Christian Worship series draws from a wide range of worshiping contexts and denominational backgrounds to unpack the many dynamics of Christian worship—including prayer, reading the Bible, preaching, baptism, the Lord’s Supper, music, visual art, architecture, and more—to deepen both the theology and practice of Christian worship for the life of the church.

Author : Constance M. Cherry
Publisher : Baker Academic
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2016-07-19
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781493404575

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The Music Architect by Constance M. Cherry Pdf

Guidance for Leaders Seeking a Richer Way to Employ Worship Music Worship expert Constance Cherry offers comprehensive guidance to Christian leaders seeking a deeper, richer way to employ worship music in engaging ways for twenty-first-century worshipers. Following Cherry's successful book The Worship Architect, this work helps Christian leaders think theologically and act pastorally about worship music in their churches. It addresses larger issues beyond the surface struggles of musical styles and provides tools to critically evaluate worship songs. The book is applicable to all Christian traditions and worship styles and is well suited to both the classroom and the local church. Each chapter concludes with suggested practical exercises, recommended reading, and basic vocabulary terms.

Author : William D. Kirkwood
Publisher : Covenant Books, Inc.
Page : 167 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2023-11-10
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9798888510414

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WORSHIP PRIMER FOR PASTORS AND PLANNERS WHAT YOU WISH YOU LEARNED IN SCHOOL by William D. Kirkwood Pdf

There has to be more to leading worship than what I've been doing. That nagging thought drove William Kirkwood to develop this primer on worship for all lead pastors and worship planners who have wondered the same thing. Most pastors come out of seminary with little training in worship yet are ultimately responsible for the worship life of their church. Most worship planners/leaders have musical and leadership skills but little theological background in worship. Kirkwood brings his decades of worship leading experience and education from the Robert E. Webber Institute for Worship Studies into the pages of this timely book. He explores the biblical, historical, theological, and cultural foundations of worship and brings them together with practical guidance on how to create vibrant worship services that facilitate a divine-human interaction. The primer is written for leaders in contemporary "free" churches, traditional/liturgical churches, and charismatic/Pentecostal churches. Each chapter includes thoughtful exercises and questions to help in your own church context, as well as recommended resources for further study.

Author : Zacharias Tanee Fomum
Publisher : ZTF Books Online
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2016-08-12
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781370768561

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The Art of Worship by Zacharias Tanee Fomum Pdf

This book is a presentation of what worship is and what the true worshipper is. To worship is to prostrate before the Holy Presence of the Almighty, sometimes without saying a word. To worship is to lift the Lord to great heights. Drawing lessons from his personal experience as a worshipper, the author says that no one can worship the Lord God and the god self at the same time. Those with one or more idols in their hearts cannot worship the Lord. The true worshipper worships God in Spirit and in truth. Worship is the activity of people sanctified, consecrated, and filled with the Holy Spirit. Only those who know and love the Lord can worship Him. After reading this book, we can dare to say that a life of obedience to the will of God and a life lived in His presence qualifies a person to worship God. Would you like to know what it means to "worship" and become a true worshiper? Then read this book.

Author : Prem Prakash
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 1998-03-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781620550731

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The Yoga of Spiritual Devotion by Prem Prakash Pdf

• The first translation of this great but little-known path of spiritual devotion written for the modern Western audience. • An insightful commentary aimed at making the path of love immediately accessible to Westerners. • A life-affirming and relationship-positive path of yoga. • Written in the spirit of the kirtans (ecstatic songs and dances) of Narada, sensitively translated by Prem Prakash. Bhakti Yoga, the path of devotion, is considered one of the primary paths for spiritual realization in yogic tradition. Its representative, Narada, is the embodiment of the enlightened sage who travels the universe spreading his sacred teachings. Unlike Jnana Yoga, the Yoga of Wisdom, the bhakti acolyte does not discriminate against material phenomena--for him, all phenomena are aspects of God. Within the context of Ananda, blissful love, the temporal is realized as the reflection of the eternal, and the soul is realized as the expression of God.

Author : Marcy Heidish
Publisher : WaterBrook
Page : 242 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2010-05-05
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780307499028

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Soul and the City by Marcy Heidish Pdf

Your City Guide to God Beneath the relentless rhythms of city life beats the heart of God, and award-winning author Marcy Heidish takes you into a more intimate relationship with him in the midst of crowds, chaos, and concrete. Her experiences from a curb in Brooklyn, the bay in San Francisco, a rooftop of Chartres Cathedaral in Paris, and the busy halls of Washington, D.C., help you see the city in a new light. She turns common city distractions, annoyances, and challenges into spiritual invitations or “gateways” to a new kind of contemplation where: •screaming sirens become cues to silent intercession, •skyscrapers, like spires, pull your eyes and thoughts heavenward, •and red traffic lights work as “pause” buttons that call for you to stop and pray. “In the city there is grit,” Marcy writes. And grime and garbage. But her practical tools in every chapter for reflection, discussion, and application help you see–whether you’re visiting, working, or dwelling in Philadelphia or Phoenix, New York or Los Angeles, Seattle or Syracuse–that in the city there is also grace.

Author : Olutola K. Peters
Publisher : Peter Lang
Page : 190 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Bibles
ISBN : 0820474614

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The Mandate of the Church in the Apocalypse of John by Olutola K. Peters Pdf

The Mandate of the Church in the Apocalypse of John fills a gap in the scholarly literature on the Apocalypse of John by offering a comprehensive discussion of what the Church is called upon to be and do. It delineates various tasks and functions of the Church, showing how they relate to one another and also how they are all unified under the mandate to provide faithful witness to Jesus. With its strong emphasis on the ethical concerns of the Apocalypse, this book challenges the view that John's Apocalypse is sub-Christian in its ethics.

Author : Zacharias Tanee Fomum
Publisher : ZTF Books Online
Page : 186 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2024-05-23
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781005410773

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Life-Changing Thoughts on Fasting (Volume 2) by Zacharias Tanee Fomum Pdf

If you feel the desire to fast, this book will help you to do so! Fasting is central to every work and movement of God. The missionary’s responsibility to keep people from going to hell is carried first in fasting. ‘Few have experienced long fasts several times a year: 48 hours a week, and 21 to 40 days, as Dr. Fomum and believers in some churches in Cameroon have,’ writes Dr. Lester Sumrall in the preface to his book The Ministry of Fasting, one of the best books published on fasting. Life-Changing Thoughts on Fasting (Volume 1) by Z.T. Fomum is a collection of inspirational and practical information that will dispel all your doubts about fasting. It will edify you on: the centrality of fasting; the necessity of fasting; the benefits of fasting; and the practice of fasting. Prayer is a wonderful thing, but fasting is something else. Enjoy your reading!

Author : David Bradshaw
Publisher : Charisma Media
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2021-07-06
Category : RELIGION
ISBN : 9781636410067

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Awaken the Dawn by David Bradshaw Pdf

What if the presence of God became so real in people's hearts that it revived the church and ushered in the next Jesus Movement? From the Upper Room in Jerusalem to the Moravian community in Germany, God's personal presence always changes everything. Awaken the Dawn chronicles the story of a movement of day-and-night worship, prayer, creativity, and mission that is impacting America and the nations by bringing the presence of God into our cities and campuses. This story is part of the same movement David pioneered when he served as the greatest king in Israel's history and that the Book of Acts chronicles as God's presence filled communities. It's time for a generation to find their voice in the symphony of creative worship, prayer, and gospel proclamation that God is orchestrating. Jesus' way of changing the world is surprising and exhilarating and is certainly the opposite of the systems of the world. This book will help you find your part in Jesus' plan by discussing: What God's presence is and how it changes our hearts Incredible stories of God's activity in the nation and what He is saying through them God's values and how He brings transformation and mercy Why Jesus is central to all that the Holy Spirit is doing This book will equip you to be a part of Jesus' astounding storyline for a great spiritual awakening. It will give you hope and keys on how God is unfolding his mission of mercy and transformation and how you can be a part of it.

Author : C. Randall Bradley
Publisher : Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2012-09-21
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781467435796

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From Memory to Imagination by C. Randall Bradley Pdf

The relatively recent "worship wars" over styles of worship — traditional, contemporary, or blended — have calmed down, and many churches have now reached decisions about which "worship style" defines them. At a more fundamental level, however, change has yet to begin. In From Memory to Imagination Randall Bradley argues that fallout from the worship wars needs to be cleaned up and that fundamental cultural changes — namely, the effects of postmodernism — call for new approaches to worship. Outlining imaginative ways for the church to move forward, this book is a must-read for church leaders and anyone interested in worship music.

Author : James D. Quiggle
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 488 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2008-01-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781556354892

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The Epistle of Jesus to the Church by James D. Quiggle Pdf

The Epistle of Jesus to the Church is a commentary on the book of Revelation that assumes Jesus was the author and John the reporter of the words and events described. Here one will not find an explanation of an anti-Roman message written by John in hidden codes and apocalyptic motifs to fool Roman authorities. John the apostle and prophet was the faithful scribe, who did not create the message but faithfully and accurately described all that he saw and heard. This commentary follows the principle that the Scriptures explain themselves, because the Revelation is a word from Jesus to his church--a word that is grounded in the Scriptures. The Epistle of Jesus to the Church has been written with teachers, students, and pastors in mind. The interpretation of the book of Revelation is thorough; difficult passages are addressed, and plausible answers are provided to the questions posed by in-depth study of the biblical book. This is a commentary for personal study or classroom instruction, one that may be confidently used to preach and teach the Revelation of Jesus to the church.

Author : Zacharias Tanee Fomum
Publisher : ZTF Books Online
Page : 1005 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 1900
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781005297954

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The Complete Works of Zacharias Tanee Fomum on Prayer (Volume 5) by Zacharias Tanee Fomum Pdf

The Complete Works of Zacharias Tanee Fomum on Prayer (Volume 5) contains the following books: 1. Revolutionary Thoughts on Prayer (Volume 4) 2. Women of the Glory (Volume 2) 3. The Art of Worship 4. Learning to Importune in Prayer 5. Prayer and the Walk with God We send this fifth prayer volume out with a cry to the Lord that He should use it to lead the saints into practical praying, worship, importunity, and walking with Him daily.

Author : Jack W. Hayford,Dolores Hayford
Publisher : Thomas Nelson
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 1999-05-06
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781418569846

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E-Quake by Jack W. Hayford,Dolores Hayford Pdf

Pastor Jack Hayford believes the key to understanding the book of Revelation is to understand and correctly interpret the time and events surrounding the major earthquakes in Revelation. In E-Quake Pastor Hayford offers a practical study of the book of Revelation, not a speculative or sensationalized look at prophecy. Readers will understand how this revelation of Jesus Christ affects their lives today. He also shows them how to live in what are perhaps the end times, how to keep things in perspective, how to make sure their value system and priorities are in order, and how to apply the teaching of Revelation in practical ways.

Author : Harrington William Holden,John Wesley
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 186 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 1872
Category : Methodism
ISBN : HARVARD:32044081805533

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John Wesley in Company with High Churchmen by Harrington William Holden,John Wesley Pdf