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Let us worship God . . . with reverence and awe. - Hebrews 12.28

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Book Review: <em>Recovering Mother Kirk</em>

Book Review: Recovering Mother Kirk

Join the forum discussion on this post - (1) PostsRecovering Mother Kirk: The Case for Liturgy in the Reformed Tradition
by D. G. Hart
Grand Rapids, Baker Academic, 2003.
Softcover, 252 pp.
Reformed worship is, by definition, liturgical. Presbyterians, by definition, cannot be evangelicals. Presbyterianism is a churchly tradition, believing that such things as church membership, […]

Book Review: <em>Evangelical Lutheran Worship</em>

Book Review: Evangelical Lutheran Worship

Join the forum discussion on this post - (1) PostsThis entry is part 2 of 5 in the series Church MusicAugsburg Fortress, Publishers; Minneapolis MN
ISBN 978-8066-5618-2
As long as there are Christians on this planet, some of those Christians will be writing texts and/or tunes for congregational singing. This means at least every generation […]

Book Review: <em>Exit Interviews: Revealing Stories of Why People are Leaving the Church</em>

Book Review: Exit Interviews: Revealing Stories of Why People are Leaving the Church

Join the forum discussion on this post - (1) PostsOriginally written September 2002
I once saw an editorial on our denominational web site in which Rev. William Smith, a Presbyterian minister in Louisville, Mississippi, described the church growth movement as one whose strong suit is description and whose short suit is prescription. Exit Interviews […]