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Worship and Power: Liturgical Authority in Free Church Traditions
By: Sarah Kathleen Johnson, Andrew Wymer
This edited volume models how dialogue among scholars and practitioners can promote worship practices that are faithful and just.
Living Under Water: Baptism as a Way of Life
By: Kevin J. Adams
What does baptism mean? And what do we do with it? Kevin Adams—an experienced pastor and church planter who has baptized people of all ages and spiritual origins—makes the case that baptism isn't merely a one-time ceremony but something to be lived and affirmed throughout one's life.
Becoming What We Sing: Formation through Contemporary Worship Music
By: David Lemley
This book draws on cultural criticism, ethnomusicology, and liturgical and sacramental theology to process the deluge of the contemporary in today’s worship music.
Morning and Evening Prayers
By: Cornelius Plantinga, Jr.
In this little book, Cornelius Plantinga offers a month's worth of prayers, with two for each day: one for the morning, looking forward, and one for the evening, looking back.
Sermons That Sing: Music and the Practice of Preaching
By: Noel Snyder
Preaching and music are both regular elements of Christian worship across the theological spectrum. But they often don't interact or inform each other in meaningful ways.
Worshiping with the Reformers
By: Karin Maag
In this volume, which serves as a companion to IVP Academic's Reformation Commentary on Scripture series, Reformation scholar Karin Maag takes readers inside the worshiping life of the church during this era.
Essays on the History of Contemporary Praise and Worship
By: Lester Ruth
This book investigates topics in both Pentecostal and mainline branches of contemporary praise worship, looking at subjects little explored by prior work.
Glittering Vices, 2nd Edition: A New Look at the Seven Deadly Sins and Their Remedies
By: Rebecca Konyndyk De Young
Drawing on centuries of wisdom from the Christian ethical tradition, this book takes readers on a journey of self-examination, exploring why our hearts are captivated by glittery but false substitutes for true human goodness and happiness.
Good Places for All
By: Mark Bjelland
This book combines a biblical framework with an exploration of how cities, neighborhoods, housing markets, and transportation systems work.
Setting the Spiritual Clock
By: Paul Louis Metzger
In this series of devotional reflections, Metzger reflects on the spiritual value and Christological focus of the liturgical year, demonstrating how the seasons of the church year help Christians resist the secular eclipse of spiritual reality.
Table and Temple: The Christian Eucharist and Its Jewish Roots
By: David L. Stubbs
In most modern discussions of the Eucharist, the Jewish temple and its services of worship do not play a large role. They are often mentioned in passing, but little work is done in grounding, organizing, or explicating the connections between these things and the Eucharistic celebration.
Work and Worship: Reconnecting Our Labor and Liturgy
By: Matthew Kaemingk, Cory B. Willson
The chasm between work and worship has a devastating effect on the health, vibrancy, and effectiveness of both our labor and our liturgy.
Worship and Power: Liturgical Authority in Free Church Traditions
By: Sarah Kathleen Johnson, Andrew Wymer
This edited volume models how dialogue among scholars and practitioners can promote worship practices that are faithful and just.
Living Under Water: Baptism as a Way of Life
By: Kevin J. Adams
What does baptism mean? And what do we do with it? Kevin Adams—an experienced pastor and church planter who has baptized people of all ages and spiritual origins—makes the case that baptism isn't merely a one-time ceremony but something to be lived and affirmed throughout one's life.
Becoming What We Sing: Formation through Contemporary Worship Music
By: David Lemley
This book draws on cultural criticism, ethnomusicology, and liturgical and sacramental theology to process the deluge of the contemporary in today’s worship music.
Morning and Evening Prayers
By: Cornelius Plantinga, Jr.
In this little book, Cornelius Plantinga offers a month's worth of prayers, with two for each day: one for the morning, looking forward, and one for the evening, looking back.
Sermons That Sing: Music and the Practice of Preaching
By: Noel Snyder
Preaching and music are both regular elements of Christian worship across the theological spectrum. But they often don't interact or inform each other in meaningful ways.
Worshiping with the Reformers
By: Karin Maag
In this volume, which serves as a companion to IVP Academic's Reformation Commentary on Scripture series, Reformation scholar Karin Maag takes readers inside the worshiping life of the church during this era.
Essays on the History of Contemporary Praise and Worship
By: Lester Ruth
This book investigates topics in both Pentecostal and mainline branches of contemporary praise worship, looking at subjects little explored by prior work.
Glittering Vices, 2nd Edition: A New Look at the Seven Deadly Sins and Their Remedies
By: Rebecca Konyndyk De Young
Drawing on centuries of wisdom from the Christian ethical tradition, this book takes readers on a journey of self-examination, exploring why our hearts are captivated by glittery but false substitutes for true human goodness and happiness.
Good Places for All
By: Mark Bjelland
This book combines a biblical framework with an exploration of how cities, neighborhoods, housing markets, and transportation systems work.
Setting the Spiritual Clock
By: Paul Louis Metzger
In this series of devotional reflections, Metzger reflects on the spiritual value and Christological focus of the liturgical year, demonstrating how the seasons of the church year help Christians resist the secular eclipse of spiritual reality.
Table and Temple: The Christian Eucharist and Its Jewish Roots
By: David L. Stubbs
In most modern discussions of the Eucharist, the Jewish temple and its services of worship do not play a large role. They are often mentioned in passing, but little work is done in grounding, organizing, or explicating the connections between these things and the Eucharistic celebration.
Work and Worship: Reconnecting Our Labor and Liturgy
By: Matthew Kaemingk, Cory B. Willson
The chasm between work and worship has a devastating effect on the health, vibrancy, and effectiveness of both our labor and our liturgy.
