Is the purpose of Sunday worship to evangelize, experience, educate, or praise? While Meyers agrees these are important, he asserts that the focus should be on renewing the bonds between God and his people. Presenting a compelling case for covenant renewal worship, he examines biblical precedents, the liturgy, and issues such as "regulative principle." 448 pages, softcover from Canon.
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Reviewed by David Bazley (Anza, CA), December 07, 2004
Jeffrey Meyers does a superb job of detailing the Biblical case for 'Covenant Renewal Worship'. His careful attention to detail helps flesh out why the church needs to return to a self conscious liturgy that clearly follows the steps of the Biblical Covenant. This can give new meaning to what has in some churches become 'empty formalism' by helping Christians understand more clearly why they do what they do in their liturgy. For those churches that still think that '3 songs and a lecture' is the Biblical model, this will challenge them to rise to the call of approaching God in a way that He has modeled throughout the pages of Scripture. Finally, for those seeker-sensitive churches who use Hollywood techiniques to 'draw seekers', this book, if used as a corrective, will bring them back to God pleasing worship, the only real method of 'church growth' that ever brings lasting fruit and God's favor.
Do we ask the question, after each church service: "I wonder if God was pleased with how we worshipped Him this LORD's Day ?"
This book will help us not just to ask the question- a good start in itself- but to answer it affirmatively, knowing with clarity & conviction that we've acknowledged God's Covenantal authority and blessing and are then equipped to do His will.
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