Hughes Oliphant Old is a scholar and a pastor deeply concerned about worship in the Reformed tradition. Old originally wrote the book, "Themes & Variations for a Christian Doxology," as lectures at the University of Dubuque Theological Seminary. The book reads like a collection of lectures. Each lecture is fascinating, but one is never sure where the author is going to go. The lectures include topics as varied as prayer, liturgy, preaching, art, architecture, music and hymnody. If you More...

A good book, where Mr. Old weaves together various aspects of theology and applies them to worship.

Not as good as some of his other books, but still very helpful.