A Better Way: Rediscovering the Drama of God-Centered Worship

by Michael Horton

Overview

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"There is a distinct weariness with market-driven, showbiz worship. The pendulum has swung to the longing for transcendence, substance, challenge, and biblically driven worship. Michael Horton shows us the way." --Robert Webber, president, Institute for Worship Studies; author of Ancient-Future Faith

"Horton's enlivening wisdom is surely a godsend to all evangelicals." --J. I. Packer, Regent College

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781585585038
Publisher:	Baker Publishing Group
Publication date:	05/01/2003
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	256
File size:	1 MB

About the Author

The Rev. Michael S. Horton (Ph.D.) is president of the Alliance of Confessing Evangelicals and editor of Modern Reformation magazine. A minister in the United Reformed Churches in North America (URCNA), Horton lives in Escondido, California.
Michael Horton (PhD, University of Coventry and Wycliffe Hall, Oxford) is J. Gresham Machen Professor of Systematic Theology and Apologetics at Westminster Seminary California. He hosts The White Horse Inn radio broadcast and is editor-in-chief of Modern Reformation magazine. He is the author/editor of more than twenty books, including Christless Christianity, The Gospel-Driven Life, and The Gospel Commission.

Table of Contents

	Acknowledgments	9
	Introduction: A Glorious Theater	10
1	Setting the Stage	19
Part 1	"Faith Comes by Hearing": The Ministry of the Word
2	A Dramatic Script	33
3	Casting New Characters	47
4	How Preaching Works	61
5	Discovering the Plot	81
Part 2	Signs and Seals of the Covenant: The Ministry of Baptism and the Lord's Supper
6	Signed, Sealed, and Delivered	93
7	A Table in the Wilderness	111
Part 3	Our Reasonable Service: Getting Involved in the Drama
8	Tasting the Powers of the Age to Come	125
9	What Should Our Service Look Like?	141
10	Is Style Neutral?	163
11	Taking a Break from the Buzz	189
12	Reaching the Lost without Losing the Reached	211
	Notes	243

Editorial Reviews

"Horton's enlivening wisdom is surely a godsend to all evangelicals."

"There is a distinct weariness with market-driven, showbiz worship. The pendulum has swung to the longing for transcendence, substance, challenge, and biblically driven worship. Michael Horton shows us the way."

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