Rediscovering the Missing Jewel: A Study in Worship through the Centuries (Book)

Robert E. Webber

Written by: Robert E. Webber.

Description

We are living in a time when worship has become a distinct priority for the Christian community. For years the church has emphasized evangelism, teaching, fellowship, missions, and service while neglecting the very source of its power -- worship. Recently, however, many churches are experiencing a Spirit-led renewal in their understanding and practice of the praise and worship of God.

Rediscovering the Missing Jewel is a small-group course of study designed around thirteen easy-to-understand sessions. Part One, The Biblical foundations of Christian Worship, explores worship in two sessions—one for the Old Testament and one for the New. Part Two, Worship from the Time of the Early Church through the Nineteenth Century, consists of six sessions that trace important developments from Justin Martyr to the congregations of African-American slaves in North America. Along the way, sessions are devoted to Eastern Orthodox, medieval Catholic, Reformation, and Protestant free church worship. Part Three, Worship Renewal in the Twentieth Century, traces strands of Christian experience that directly influenced worship in many congregations today: Pentecostalism and the charismatic renewal, liturgical renewal stemming from Vatican II, the praise and worship movement, and a more recent approach that deliberately blends newer and older elements of the Christian worship tradition.

Welcome
Introduction

Part I: The Biblical Foundations of Christian Worship
1. Our Hebrew Roots
2. Our Christian Roots

   Part II: Worship from the Time of the Early Church through the Nineteenth Century

3. Our Common Roots
4. Visualizing Faith in Worship
5. Dramatizing Faith in Worship
6. Rediscovering the Word
7. In Search of Biblical Worship
8. Soul Worship

   Part III: Worship Renewal in the Twentieth Century

9. Tongues of Fire
10. Do All in Decency and in Order
11. Be Filled With the Spirit
12. Lift Up Your Heart (and Hands)
13. The Future of Christian Worship

Length:	144 pages
Size:	6 x 9 inches
Format:	Softcover
Available Date:	January 1997
Published By:	Hendrickson Publishers
ISBN:	1-56563-257-5