
Product Details
- Cover Type:
- 208 Pages
- Publisher: P&R Publishing Company
- Publication Date: April 2002
- ISBN: SHARTDGWITHREVERENCEANDAWER9780875521794
With Reverence and Awe: Returning to the Basics of Reformed Worship
"Reformed Christians", write D. G. Hart and John R. Muether, "are increasingly divided over how they ought to worship their God." Considering it an urgent matter "to recover a biblical view of worship," the authors have written With Reverence and Awe. Drawing on Scripture and Reformed confessions and catechisms, the authors answer such questions as: When are we to worship? How do we worship with reverence?
John R. Muether (MAR, Westminster Theological Seminary) is librarian and associate professor of church history at Reformed Theological Seminary in Orlando. The coauthor of four volumes, Muether has served on the Harvard Divinity School library staff and has been librarian at Western Theological Seminary and Westminster Theological Seminary. He has served on the editorial board of Regeneration Quarterly and on the board of directors of Mars Hill Audio. He is historian of the Orthodox Presbyterian Church and serves on that denomination’s Christian Education Committee.
D. G. Hart studied American history at the Johns Hopkins University and has served as director of the Institute for the Study of American Evangelicals at Wheaton College and academic dean and professor of church history at Westminster Seminary in California. He is currently visiting assistant professor of history at Hillsdale College.
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“This is a good book, which ought to be read by every believer who wishes to engage in worship that is pleasing to God because it is worship that is in harmony with God’s will as revealed in the inspired, infallible Scriptures.”
Robert D. Decker
Protestant Reformed Theological Journal
“The authors are measured, balanced and compactly comprehensive. The book is, after all, a primer, so they shorthand some of the more controversial or questionable Old School hermeneutics. It’s nonetheless heartily recommended to pastors and elders.”
Gerry Wisz
Christian Renewal
“Hart and Muether have produced a refreshing and informative primer on Reformed worship. Concerned with the integrity of Reformed worship in these days of the so-called "worship wars," the authors argue for a traditional Reformed approach they see as biblically and confessionally faithful. Simply put, worship must not be disconnected from its theological foundation. Responding to the trend of less formal, relaxed, and more user-friendly worship formats, the authors remind us that Christian public worship ought to reflect the antithesis between the church and the world. While worship should be intelligible, it should not be confused with evangelistic outreach and therefore ought not to lose its "alien" nature and heavenly focus. Hart and Muether discuss two key Reformed principles of worship, the "regulative" and the "dialogical." While you might not agree with everything the authors say, you will wrestle with essential issues of Reformed worship.”
Jeff Waddington
Vice-President and Fellow, Reformed Forum
Product Description
"Reformed Christians", write D. G. Hart and John R. Muether, "are increasingly divided over how they ought to worship their God." Considering it an urgent matter "to recover a biblical view of worship," the authors have written With Reverence and Awe. Drawing on Scripture and Reformed confessions and catechisms, the authors answer such questions as: When are we to worship? How do we worship with reverence?
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Product Details
- Cover Type:
- 208 Pages
- Publisher: P&R Publishing Company
- Publication Date: April 2002
- ISBN: SHARTDGWITHREVERENCEANDAWER9780875521794