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Assist Our Song combines accessible teaching about the theology and shape of worship with essential information about the forms of music used, including congregational hymns, songs, canticles and psalm chant, and music performed by choirs and musicians. It explores the range of resources available, how to extend repertoire, blending the old with the new, changing patterns of church life, and other practical issues. Its aims are the heightening of the profile of music within the church, increasin...

Contains: The complete New International Version of the Psalms Helpful subject index Elegant text design Attractive gift book style cover

Analyzing Prayer draws together a range of theologians and philosophers to deal with different approaches to prayer as a Christian practice. The essays included deal with issues pertaining to petitionary prayer, prayer as reorientation of oneself in the presence of God, prayer by those who do not believe, liturgical prayer, mystical prayer, whether God prays, the interrelation between prayer and various forms of knowledge, theologizing as a form of prayer, lament and prayer, prayer and God's pre...

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 biblic...

The ever-popular Glenstal Sunday Missal has now been reissued following the revision of the Roman Missal. It again covers the three liturgical years, containing all readings, along with personal pieces of reflection and meditation from the Glenstal monks, as well as the Order of Mass. Glenstal Abbey is a Benedictine monastery located in Murroe, Co. Limerick. The Abbey, which is dedicated to Saints Joseph and Columba, is home to a community of monks. Their prayer and liturgical celebration co...

This resource will help pastors and visitors in their ministry with the sick and the dying. It is designed for use by any person, ordained or lay, who is engaged in any ministry of care. The Presbyterian Supplemental Liturgical Resource (SLT) series includes liturgies that were used on a trial basis in preparation for the development of the Book of Common Worship. Though superseded by the Book of Common Worship, SLR resources remain valuable, both for the variety of liturgical texts they contai...

This series attempts to provide an interdisclipinary introduction to the study of literature and religion, and is concerned with the issues of the imagination, literary perceptions and an understanding of poetics for theology and religious studies, and the underlying religious implications of so much literature and literary criticism. This collection of essays examines the rhetorical qualities of the earliest liturgies and how their language developed under the pressure of theological and social...

Charles Haddon Spurgeon was passionate about congregational worship. Arising from devout affection, the frustration he found while using the the compilations of hymns available in his day, spurred him to compile this selection of hymns for use in his congregation. Over 1,000 psalms, hymns and spiritual songs include not only direct praise, but doctrine, experience and exhortation, enabling the saints to edify one another in their singing. Cross–references to Spurgeon’s other works ensure that th...