And Now Let's Move Into a Time of Nonsense
Title | And Now Let's Move Into a Time of Nonsense PDF eBook |
Author | Nick Page |
Publisher | Authentic Media Inc |
Pages | 102 |
Release | 2004-09-01 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 1850789835 |
Have you ever felt frustrated with the words of the worship songs that we sing? Why are they so forgettable? Why are they filled with such weird language? Where have all the writers gone? Combining humour with strong argument, Nick Page analyses how worship song writers have bought into a disposable, 'pop-song' model; how they have filled their songs with a kind of semi-Biblical code and how songs suffer from poor technique and a lack of specialist lyric writers. Above all it encourages writers to really think about the words of their songs and whether they really communicate truth about God - truth which should lead to worship. Passionate, controversial and laugh-out-loud funny, this is essential reading for Christians today.
Indigenous Worship
Title | Indigenous Worship PDF eBook |
Author | Paul Franklin |
Publisher | Lulu.com |
Pages | 87 |
Release | 2011 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 1446663876 |
The Worship Mall
Title | The Worship Mall PDF eBook |
Author | Bryan D. Spinks |
Publisher | Church Publishing, Inc. |
Pages | 273 |
Release | 2011-02-01 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 0898696771 |
Religion today is in competition with the leisure and entertainment industries. Gen Y, the postmodern generation, is open to spirituality; but most of todays young adults have not been born into faith communities where they feel any lasting allegiance. Studies suggest that for the young, belief in God is an optional matter, a virtual consumer choice. As a result, different trends in worship and worship styles are offered by different churches to suit lifestyles, attitudes, and personal taste.
Canadian Pentecostals, the Trinity, and Contemporary Worship Music
Title | Canadian Pentecostals, the Trinity, and Contemporary Worship Music PDF eBook |
Author | Michael A. Tapper |
Publisher | BRILL |
Pages | 430 |
Release | 2017-05-08 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 9004343326 |
This volume offers a landmark analysis of the trinitarian impulses in contemporary worship music used by the Pentecostal Assemblies of Canada (PAOC). It considers whether the lyrics from the most commonly used PAOC songs are consistent with this Evangelical group’s trinitarian statement of faith. Colin Gunton’s trinitarian theology provides the theological rationale for eight original and qualitative content analyses of these songs. Three major areas are considered—the doctrine of God, human personhood, and cosmology. Making use of Gunton’s notions of relationality, particularity, and perichoresis, along with several key Pentecostal scholars, this book serves as a helpful descriptive and prescriptive theological resource for the dynamic practice of a trinitarian faith.
Bold Faith
Title | Bold Faith PDF eBook |
Author | Ben Pugh |
Publisher | Wipf and Stock Publishers |
Pages | 162 |
Release | 2017-03-09 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 1498280358 |
Bill Johnson, Joyce Meyer, Heidi Baker. The fame of these names is evidence enough that, though the controversies are less intense, the Charismatic Movement is alive and well today. It continues to attract thousands of adherents who find its vision of a supernatural lifestyle uniquely compelling. Now, for the first time, all that is most theologically innovative about the movement is synthesized into five distinct and original ideas. These five brand new theologies have been created, not by theologians, but by practitioners who believed their concepts were inspired by the Spirit: Inner Healing, Shepherding, Word of Faith, Spiritual Warfare, and Signs and Wonders. Plenty of studies have been written by Pentecostal scholars about Pentecostal theology, but these tend to group the very distinct approaches of Charismatics together with Classical Pentecostals. Bold Faith aims to analyze and evaluate the ways in which practitioners within independent Charismatic networks, especially in their Anglo-American expressions, have responded to the challenges of secular modernity.
Worship Matters (Foreword by Paul Baloche)
Title | Worship Matters (Foreword by Paul Baloche) PDF eBook |
Author | Bob Kauflin |
Publisher | Crossway |
Pages | 306 |
Release | 2008-03-26 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 1433519372 |
Nothing is more essential than knowing how to worship the God who created us. This book focuses readers on the essentials of God-honoring worship, combining biblical foundations with practical application in a way that works in the real world. The author, a pastor and noted songwriter, skillfully instructs pastors, musicians, and church leaders so that they can root their congregational worship in unchanging scriptural principles, not divisive cultural trends. Bob Kauflin covers a variety of topics such as the devastating effects of worshiping the wrong things, how to base our worship on God's self-revelation rather than our assumptions, the fuel of worship, the community of worship, and the ways that eternity's worship should affect our earthly worship. Appropriate for Christians from varied backgrounds and for various denominations, this book will bring a vital perspective to what readers think they understand about praising God.
Incarnate
Title | Incarnate PDF eBook |
Author | Michael Frost |
Publisher | InterVarsity Press |
Pages | 240 |
Release | 2014-02-10 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 083088405X |
The church is to be the hands and feet of Christ in the world, showing and telling the kingdom of God. But this incarnational mission is challenged by numerous "excarnational" forces, pulling us ever inward and selfward. In this prophetic cultural study missiologist Michael Frost helps us find our way back to the mission of God.