James P. Gills, MD, gives biblical wisdom about the worship of God in a context that touches and changes the reader's heart. Study questions for groups or individuals are provided after each chapter.

Traditional or contemporary? Transcending the "worship wars," Whaley focuses on the core: the biblical nature of worship. Excellent for perplexed church leaders and laypeople.

What is prophetic worship? There is a new generation of Christians being awakened to this powerful dimension of engaging Heaven. Prophetic worship is not exclusive to singers and musiciansit is an invitation for all believers to hear from Heaven, and proclaim Gods words to the earth! Kathy Summers is an internationally acclaimed worship leader, serving with Apostle John Eckhardt at Crusaders Church in Illinois. In The Dynamics of Prophetic Worship, Kathy offers revelation, practical insight and faith-stirring examples to help you step into your identity as a prophetic worshipper! Change your spiritual atmosphere by prophesying through song. Engage the revelatory realm of Heaven by singing what God is saying. Gain revolutionary insight on the New Order of Worship, the anointing of the New Song, and the flow of the spontaneous song. Experience the glory realm of God by opening heaven through song. Receive impartation to flow in prophetic worship as a music leader, songwriter, psalmist or everyday believer! Discover how to release Heavens song, see environments saturated in Gods glory, and experience the manifest Presence of God!

How is our Christian hope both expressed and experienced in contemporary worship? In this Dynamics of Christian Worship volume, pastor, theologian, and songwriter Glenn Packiam explores what Christians sing about when they sing about hope and what kind of hope they experience when they worship together.

James P. Gills, MD, gives biblical wisdom about the worship of God in a context that touches and changes the reader's heart. Study questions for groups or individuals are provided after each chapter.

In studying the history of the vernacular in worship beginning with the Christian Scriptures, Dynamic Equivalence uncovers the power of a living language to transform communities of faith. How we pray when we come together for common worship has always been significant, but the issue of liturgical language received unprecedented attention in the twentieth century when Latin Rite Roman Catholic worship was opened to the vernacular at Vatican II. Worshiping in one's native tongue continues to be of issue as the churches debate over what type of vernacular should be employed. Dynamic Equivalence traces the history of liturgical language in the Western Christian tradition as a dynamic and living reality. Particular attention is paid to the twentieth century Vernacular Society within the United States and how the vernacular issue was treated at Vatican II, especially within an ecumenical context. The first chapter offers a short history of the vernacular from the first century through the twentieth. The second and third chapters contain a significant amount of archival material, much of which has never been published before. These chapters tell the story of a mixed group of Catholic laity and clergy dedicated to promoting the vernacular during the first half of the twentieth century. Chapter Four begins with a survey of vernacular promotion in the Reformation itself, explores the issue of vernacular worship as an instrument of ecumenical hospitality and concludes with some examples of ecumenical liturgical cooperation in the years immediately preceding the Council. The final chapter treats the vernacular debate at the Council with attention to the Vernacular Society's role in helping with theimplementation of the vernacular. Chapters are "A Brief History of the Vernacular," "The Origins of the Vernacular Society: 1946-1956," "Pressure for the Vernacular Mounts: 1956-1962," "Vernacular Worship and Ecumenical Exchange," "Vatican II and the Vindication of the Vernacular: 1962-1965" Keith F. Pecklers, SJ, SLD, is professor of liturgy at the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome and professor of liturgical history at the Pontifical Liturgical Institute of Sant 'Anselmo. He is the author of The Unread Vision: The Liturgical Movement in the United States of America 1926-1955, and co-editor of Liturgy for the New Millennium: A Commentary on the Revised Sacramentary, published by The Liturgical Press.

Animating Liturgy invites you to consider the liturgical offering which stands at the heart of the Christian faith.