The New and Living Way: Invitation to Biblical Worship - Paperback

by Ron Man (Author), Bob Kauflin (Foreword by)

This book is a condensation of the author's encyclopedic Let Us Draw Near: Biblical Foundations of Worship; presenting the same basic content in a more manageable size will appeal to interested laypeople as well as pastors and worship leaders. Man draws upon his experience teaching this material over the past thirty years in forty-one countries to provide a rich and deep examination of biblical worship, drawing principles out of a rigorous study of the text of Scripture. He also writes as a practitioner, from the perspective of one who served as a church worship pastor for over thirty years. Special features of this volume include: 1) tracing the foundational Revelation and Response pattern through the Scriptures; 2) giving special emphasis to important New Testament texts, especially the books of Hebrews and Revelation; 3) examining the crucial roles of the Holy Spirit, and of Jesus Christ as the true Leader of our worship; 4) sharing relevant anecdotes from the author's years of teaching overseas; 5) providing questions "For Reflection and/or Discussion," making the book useful for individual or group study; and 6) concluding with a synthesis of the study in twelve "Biblical Principles of Worship."

Author Biography

Ron Man is director of Worship Resources International (www.worship-resources.org). He is the author of Proclamation and Praise: Hebrews 2:12 and the Christology of Worship (2007) and Let Us Draw Near: Biblical Foundations of Worship (2013), as well as numerous articles. He serves on the steering committee of the Biblical Worship section of the Evangelical Theological Society (etsworship.wordpress.com) and the board of the Global Consultation on Arts and Music in Missions (www.gcamm.org).