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Author : Stephen Carey Hancock
Publisher :
Page : 210 pages
File Size : 50,91 MB
Release : 1991
Category : Public worship
ISBN :
Author : James Hastings Nichols
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 191 pages
File Size : 23,74 MB
Release : 2014-04-16
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1625648073
Identifying and evaluating the characteristics of the Reformed tradition in worship, this book surveys the history of worship in the Reformed tradition from the sixteenth century to the present time. "Worship" in this book indicates a focus on the regular Lord's Day worship, services of preaching and Holy Communion, with some reference to weekday worship. The changing balance of function in public worship, whether evangelistic, educational, or expressive is explored, as well as the "felt" self concerns of the local congregation and the shared heritage with the church catholic. The author believes that worship is but one aspect of the life of religious service and must be seen in relation to the total ministry of a religious community. He attempts to interpret the Reformed tradition as expressing the prophetic, personalist religion of revelation. Non-theological factors-political, sociological, cultural-are also viewed as essential ingredients in the equation. The structure of the book is chronological, beginning with the formation of the Reformation liturgies and tracing these patterns through the phases of Puritanism, evangelicalism, rationalism, and romanticism. Roman Catholicism, Lutheranism, and Anabaptism are compared and explored, but the central theme is the worship of the Reformed churches of the Continent, and the major denominations of the English-speaking world seen ecumenically. The author shows that through the changing forms of its corporate praise, the Reformed tradition has been distinctively Biblical and personal. The worship of these churches has been an expression of a highly verbal, emotionally disciplined, intellectually critical mentality. "The Reformed," he claims, "have always laid chief weight on what is now most crucial, the actualization of fully responsible personal existence before God." This understanding of the history of Reformed worship points up the factors and dimensions to be considered today.
Author : S. Edward Yang
Publisher :
Page : 344 pages
File Size : 17,3 MB
Release : 2015
Category : Church architecture
ISBN :
Do places of worship matter? Since the Protestant Reformation, the answer has generally been in the negative. It is often stated that “a church is the people, not the building.” While affirming this statement, the dissertation at hand argues that the importance of a church as a community of Christians does not negate the significance of physical places for worship. Rather, these places – often referred to as church buildings – can play a role in the spiritual formation of believers. More specifically, this dissertation is concerned with developing a Reformed theology of places for corporate worship. A major challenge to recognizing the significance of places for worship is the lack of coherent theological understanding of such places. We will examine the framework provided by Harold Turner’s typology for places of worship as domus dei or domus ecclesiae. These types will be examined in relation to the ‘sacred space’ and ‘plain space’ perspectives. Due to difficulties with both these perspectives for the Reformed tradition, an alternative perspective will be developed based on Belden Lane’s three approaches to sacred places. As a way of constructing a more congruent theological perspective on places of worship, we will utilize William Dyrness’ theology of culture method with a Reformed theology of sanctification in worship based on the writings of John Calvin and other Reformed thinkers. With these constructive components in place, the dissertation will present ‘sanctifying space’ as a Reformed theological perspective on places for corporate worship. Lastly, the importance of both the functional and symbolic roles of places for worship will be discussed. While the functional role of a church building is readily understood with the need for a gathering space away from harm and distractions, the symbolic role is often neglected. We will argue for the importance of the place of worship as both a functional space and a symbolic space as it relates to the formative power of architecture and corporate worship. A historic Reformed place of worship will be presented as a case study of a ‘sanctifying space.’
Author : Emily Brink
Publisher : Baker Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 32,27 MB
Release : 2013-04-15
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780801015915
The Worship Sourcebook is a collection of more than 2,500 prayers, litanies, and spoken texts for every element of traditional worship services held throughout the seasons of the church year. This indispensable resource for worship planners and pastors includes texts that can be read aloud as well as outlines that can be adapted for your situation. Teaching notes offer guidance for planning each element of the service. Thought-provoking perspectives on the meaning and purpose of worship help stimulate discussion and reflection. This second edition includes new and revised liturgies, additional prayers for challenging situations facing today's church, and new appendices.
Author : James K. A. Smith
Publisher : Brazos Press
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 32,16 MB
Release : 2016-03-29
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1493403664
You are what you love. But you might not love what you think. In this book, award-winning author James K. A. Smith shows that who and what we worship fundamentally shape our hearts. And while we desire to shape culture, we are not often aware of how culture shapes us. We might not realize the ways our hearts are being taught to love rival gods instead of the One for whom we were made. Smith helps readers recognize the formative power of culture and the transformative possibilities of Christian practices. He explains that worship is the "imagination station" that incubates our loves and longings so that our cultural endeavors are indexed toward God and his kingdom. This is why the church and worshiping in a local community of believers should be the hub and heart of Christian formation and discipleship. Following the publication of his influential work Desiring the Kingdom, Smith received numerous requests from pastors and leaders for a more accessible version of that book's content. No mere abridgment, this new book draws on years of Smith's popular presentations on the ideas in Desiring the Kingdom to offer a fresh, bottom-up rearticulation. The author creatively uses film, literature, and music illustrations to engage readers and includes new material on marriage, family, youth ministry, and faith and work. He also suggests individual and communal practices for shaping the Christian life.
Author : Karin Maag
Publisher : Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
Page : 223 pages
File Size : 32,52 MB
Release : 2016
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 080287147X
Bringing together a rich range of primary sources -- images, liturgies, sermons, letters, eyewitness accounts, and Genevan consistory records -- this book examines worship as it was taught and practiced in John Calvin's Geneva. Several of these primary sources are translated into English for the first time, offering new resources for studying Calvin and his context. Karin Maag uses Geneva as a case study for investigating the theology and practice of worship in the Reformation era. Covering the period from 1541 to 1564, the year of Calvin's death, Lifting Hearts to the Lord captures both Calvin's signal contribution to Reformation worship and the voices of ordinary Genevans as they navigated -- and debated, even fought about -- the changes in worship resulting from the Reformation.
Author : Richard J. Foster
Publisher : Zondervan
Page : 266 pages
File Size : 35,55 MB
Release : 1988-10-05
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0060628391
In the twenty years since its publication, Celebration of Discipline has helped over a million seekers discover a richer spiritual life infused with joy, peace, and a deeper understanding of God. For this special twentieth anniversary edition, Richard J. Foster has added an introduction, in which he shares the story of how this beloved and enduring spiritual guidebook came to be. Hailed by many as the best modern book on Christian spirituality, Celebration of Discipline explores the "classic Disciplines," or central spiritual practices, of the Christian faith. Along the way, Foster shows that it is only by and through these practices that the true path to spiritual growth can be found. Dividing the Disciplines into three movements of the Spirit, Foster shows how each of these areas contribute to a balanced spiritual life. The inward Disciplines of meditation, prayer, fasting, and study, offer avenues of personal examination and change. The outward Disciplines of simplicity, solitude, submission, and service, help prepare us to make the world a better place. The corporate Disciplines of confession, worship, guidance, and celebration, bring us nearer to one another and to God. Foster provides a wealth of examples demonstrating how these Disciplines can become part of our daily activities-and how they can help us shed our superficial habits and "bring the abundance of God into our lives." He offers crucial new insights on simplicity, demonstrating how the biblical view of simplicity, properly understood and applied, brings joy and balance to our inward and outward lives and "sets us free to enjoy the provision of God as a gift that can be shared with others." The discussion of celebration, often the most neglected of the Disciplines, shows its critical importance, for it stands at the heart of the way to Christ. Celebration of Discipline will help motivate Christians everywhere to embark on a journey of prayer and spiritual growth.
Author : Hughes Oliphant Old
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 396 pages
File Size : 37,55 MB
Release : 2023-12-29
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1532691769
The first part of this work describes the development of Reformed Worship from 1500-1542. The story begins with liturgical reforms of the Christian Humanists in Alsace, continues through the establishment of the first Protestant worship services in the Swiss cities of Zurich and Basel, joins with the currents of French evangelical thought flowing from Meaux, and finally reaches Geneva with the publication of Calvin's first psalter. Reformed worship is presented as the fruit of an inner-church liturgical renewal movement begun well before the Reformation which was then cultivated by the Rhineland Protestant Reformers. In order that we might be clear about how patristic literature affected this process, we turn next to discover what the Reformers knew about the church fathers. We show evidence of the impressive patristic knowledge of such men as Zwingli, Brucer, Hedio, Oecolampadius, and Calvin. An extensive bibliography of patristic editions known and used by the Reformers concludes the second part of the book. Finally we analyze each element of Reformed worship to show its development and to indicate its scriptural and particularly its patristic roots. The Prayer of Confession, the Prayer of Intercession, the Communion Invocation, and the Benediction are studied to show their liturgical purpose. How the Reformers understood their use of the lectionary, the sermon, psalmody, and hymnody is presented in the light of their understanding of the practice of the ancient church.
Author : James Howard Kraft
Publisher :
Page : 388 pages
File Size : 36,44 MB
Release : 2001
Category : Public worship
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Author : Sam Storms
Publisher : Zondervan
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 49,98 MB
Release : 2017-02-07
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0310533856
The Bible teaches us that we are to be filled with God's Spirit and that God's presence and grace is manifested among his people as they serve, love, and minister to one another. Yet some of the gifts that God offers to his people aren't commonly seen in many churches today. Gifts of prophecy, healing, tongues, and other supernatural gifts of God seem to be absent, and many Christians are unsure how to cultivate an atmosphere where God's Spirit can work while remaining committed to the foundational truth of God's Word. How can Christians pursue and implement the miraculous gifts of the Spirit without falling into fanatical excess and splitting the church in the process? In Practicing the Power, pastor and author Sam Storms offers practical steps to understanding and exercising spiritual gifts in a way that remains grounded in the word and centered in the gospel. With examples drawn from his forty years of ministry as a pastor and teachers, Storms offers a guidebook that can help pastors, elders, and church members understand what changes are needed to see God move in supernatural power and to guard against excess and abuse of the spiritual gifts. If you long to see God's Spirit move in your church and life, and aren't sure why that isn't happening or where to begin, this book is for you.