Moving beyond worship wars over style and denominational proclivities, this book considers all the major biblical passages about worship. Regardless of their denomination, pastors, worship leaders, and laypeople interested in the biblical themes of worship will benefit from this definitive resource.

Christianity Today Book Award Winner One of Worship Leader Magazine's Editor's Picks Current discussions about worship are often driven by pragmatics and personal preferences rather than by the teaching of Scripture. True worship, however, is our response to God's gracious revelation; in order to be acceptable to God, worship must be experienced on God's terms. Respected Old Testament scholar Daniel Block examines worship in the Bible, offering a comprehensive biblical foundation and illuminating Old Testament worship practices and principles. He develops a theology of worship that is consistent with the teachings of Scripture and is applicable for the church today. He also introduces readers to a wide range of issues related to worship. The book, illustrated with diagrams, charts, and pictures, will benefit professors and students in worship and Bible courses, pastors, and church leaders.

Jesus, the King of Glory, came as the expressed image of an invisible God, opened the portals of heaven and established the Kingdom of God in the earth. He brought the glory of the eternal realm the Father had given to him and gave it to all who dared to believe and follow him. He taught Kingdom principles, demonstrated Kingdom power, lived in perfect love, peace, faith, and unity; all in the power of the Holy Spirit. He declared that it was the Father living in him who was doing his work. He challenged us to have faith in him and do what he did and greater because he returned to heaven and poured out His spirit upon us. This book reveals 'Kingdom Secrets, ' paints the portrait of the 'King of Glory' and sounds the call for us to join him, and his Father in the habitation of his glory. Linda Hornsby grew up in a Christian home in Montgomery, Alabama as a Southern Baptist; and was well grounded in scripture by her mother and father. She was filled with the Holy Spirit in the 1970s and has been on fire for God ever since. Linda ministers at Bible conferences and personally to smaller groups. She is a five-fold minister to River Regions Praise Center, a ministry of The Shepherd's Fold Ministries in Montgomery, Alabama. Linda is anointed in the prophetic gifting and has been placed in the prophetic office by The Shepherd's Fold Ministries. She is an anointed Bible teacher and ministers publicly prophetically as well as words of wisdom and knowledge. She is the complete package as it relates to being a godly woman with a humble servant's heart. She and her husband, Lamar reside in Dothan, Alabama and travel to churches wherever the Lord leads.

Brilliant commentary on the most cherished book of the Bible

Professor John Jefferson Davis shows what's really needed for the renewal of worship in our evangelical churches. Moving far beyond the "worship wars" Davis provides profound theological analysis and fresh recommendations to help us recognize obstacles to worship and learn to rightly respond to the glory and gracious real presence of God among us in our worship.

Robert Flynn's new novel, Echoes of Glory centers on a fictitious Texas county that embraces its legends, but not its actual history. Set in the Reagan era, the novel exposes shared myths as lies and the truth, lacking all comfort. In his inimitable style Flynn paints a portrait of the denizens of the county who tacitly embrace the legend as all too human and all too frail. Overshadowed by the accomplishments of adjacent Doss County, Mills County clings to its legends—the legendary Mills brothers. One brother had died at the Alamo, one at Goliad, three had fought at San Jacinto. The three survivors marched into the center of Texas bringing with them stories of heroism and acorns from the San Jacinto battlefield. According to tradition, they planted an oak tree for each hero who had died at the Alamo. Then there was Timpson Smith, sole survivor of Second Platoon of Marine reserves, who had prevented the North Korean army from driving U.S. and U.N. forces into the sea. To honor their memory the county erected a monument, "Second to None," topped with the heroic figure of Timpson Smith. But there is a less heroic side of Mills County. When Deputy Sheriff Larry Maddin decides to run against Sheriff and Local Hero Timpson Smith, and a drama professor at the university announces that he will write a play depicting the true story of Second Platoon, many fear the dark underside of Mills County will be exposed.