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Praise and Worship Book Review Section
Note:
The first 3 books in this section are also
on the homepage,
the Christian Book Review webpage
and the Praise and Worship webpage.
Information concerning these Praise and Worship book reviews
In February 2010, I started searching the Web for the best books that explained the theology of the worship of God.
I was looking for books for: (a) those who don't know a lot about the Bible; and (b) those have study the Bible a lot, including those who may have not have gone to Bible college, seminary, etc.
The books near the top of in each section below are my more highly recommended ones.
Highly recommended Praise and Worship books for Everyone
The Practice of the Presence of God
Brother Lawrence's letters and conversations were put into the book The Practice of the Presence of God, which presents his quest to fellowship with God in every moment of each day, as much as possible.
It seems Brother Lawrence felt the best way to continually stay close to God
was for his motive to be that everything he did to be purely for the love of God.
His motive to do things was not to get help or blessings from God.
Many consider the book a Christian classic.
Brother Lawrence was a lay brother at a Catholic monestary in the 1600's in France. The book is popular with Catholics and Protestants. It was recommended by John Wesley and A. W. Tozer.
Click here for book reviews and more information on various English versions of the original book, which was in French. Also provided are links to free online English versions.
One of the best modern English versions (and is also Free online) of
The Practice the Presence of God book is written by Light Heart.
Light Heart's website ( www.PracticeGodsPresence.com ) has information about Brother Lawrence that Jim Johnson (the editor of the book below) adapted and used in his (Johnson) thoughts about Brother Lawrence in his (Johnson) book.
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Practice the Presence of God: New Revised Version in Modern English was edited by Jim Johnson.
2009 copyright, 98 pages, paperback, ISBN-13: 9780981590547
Click here for book reviews and more information on various English versions of the original book, which was in French. Also provided are links to free online English versions.
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Letters by a Modern Mystic are letters that Frank C. Laubach (1897-1970), a Christian missionary in the Philippines, wrote to his father around 1930.
The letters conveyed to his father his experiment to fill every moment of every day full of the thought of God.
The book includes a section called, "The Game With Minutes" (31 pages).
The font size, which is around 9 point Times New Roman, may be too small for some people to read.
2007 copyright, 136 pages, hardcover (very small) (6.3 x 4.3 x 0.5 inches), ISBN-13: 9781583310915
Click here for a short book review.
When this book is purchased directly from Amazon, it is eligible for Free shipping if the total of eligible products in an order is over $25 (as of 9-30-2010).
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The Purpose of Man: Designed to Worship are messages by A. W. Tozer (1897-1963). The book was compiled and edited by James L. Snyder.
A. W. Tozer explains that the purpose of man is to worship God according to His way, not ours.
I think almost everyone should read this book to see what their purpose in life is.
Those who may find it hard to follow what Tozer is writing are those who do not at least have heard preaching or read about all
the major stories in the Bible and the major doctrines of the Bible. This is because Tozer is writing to Christians who have a level of understanding of the teachings in the Bible.
2009 copyright, 224 pages, paperback, ISBN-13: 9780830746897
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Highly recommended Praise and Worship Theology books
Engaging With God by David Peterson
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Engaging With God: A Biblical Theology on Worship by David Peterson (a principal at Oak Hill Theological College in London)
is the best book on the theology of worship that I have
read so far.
2002 copyright, 317 pages, paperback, ISBN-13: 9780830826971
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Good Praise and Worship books
Many include good practical information on doing Sunday services
Worship Matters by Bob Kauflin
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Worship Matters: Leading others to encounter the greatness of God by Bob Kauflin
Copyright by Sovereign Grace Ministries
The target audience that this book seems to be worship leaders, musicians and those in senior pastoral leadership of a church.
Various aspects of worshiping God is discussed including many practical things to consider.
Testimonials include two of the authors (David Peterson and Harold M. Best)
of books on worship theology that I highly recommend on this website.
2008 copyright, 304 pages, paperback, ISBN-13: 9781581348248
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In Bob Sorge’s book
Exploring Worship: A Practical Guide to Praise and Worship ,
he discusses a wide range of spiritual and practical issues related to worshiping God.
1987 and 2001 copyrights, paperback, 297 pages, ISBN-13: 9780962118517
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