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Worship: Beholding the Beauty of the Lord
True worship is what happens when God does in our hearts what we cannot do ourselves. Even the most well-planned, elaborate worship, with the most beautiful music and the most enthusiastic worshipers, is meaningless if one very important Person doesn't show up. In this book of instruction and encouragement, longtime pastor Skip Ryan teaches us how we can prepare our hearts and minds to come before the Lord in worship. It will help you, your family, and your congregation place more emphasis on the true purpose of exalting the Lord and beholding His beauty.
112 pages, Paperback
First published July 29, 2005
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July 26, 2016
This little volume is accessible, clearly joyful, and reverent in tone. I greatly appreciated the sense that everything written went together with everything else. The second appendix is the most practical help in terms of applying something directly from the book into church life, but the book as a whole is a refreshing devotional meditation on beholding God's beauty. There are many good lines, and this is one of the best: "Worship is not coming together to sing a couple of hymns, to hear a beautiful choir, and to hear some inspiring thoughts. No, worship is a drawing near to the place we are forbidden to come. The only way in is to come bearing the merit, the righteousness, the work of the shed blood of Jesus, our Savior" (86).
I would note that the author makes a bit too much of God being unconcerned about so-called "exterior forms." Yes - God is primarily concerned with the heart rather than the outward appearance. But that ought not to completely eradicate any of our concern for outward reality. I understand that the author is not claiming that any concern for outward reality ought to be eradicated. But the phrasing of his otherwise biblical point is not crafted carefully enough when we consider the tendency toward an unhealthy "just show up" mentality (against which he writes elsewhere in the book).
Overall, I’m glad to have read it, but I can not recommend it.
I would note that the author makes a bit too much of God being unconcerned about so-called "exterior forms." Yes - God is primarily concerned with the heart rather than the outward appearance. But that ought not to completely eradicate any of our concern for outward reality. I understand that the author is not claiming that any concern for outward reality ought to be eradicated. But the phrasing of his otherwise biblical point is not crafted carefully enough when we consider the tendency toward an unhealthy "just show up" mentality (against which he writes elsewhere in the book).
Overall, I’m glad to have read it, but I can not recommend it.
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