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Gwenfair Walters Adams, “Shock And Awe: The Reformers And The Stunning Joy Of Romans 1–8”
Daniel Aleshire, “The State of the Preparation for Worship Leadership in ATS Schools”
Eric Alexander, “Worship God! (Revelation 19:10)” (sermon)
James E. Allman, “Handel’s MESSIAH: A Brief Commentary on the Biblical Texts of Part 1
Alistair Begg, What Is Worship? (sermon series)
John Barber, “Luther and Calvin on Music and Worship”
Bethlehem Baptist Church: Philosophy of Worship | Bethlehem Baptist Church
Biblical Worship Section of the Evangelical Theological Society: past papers posted HERE
Daniel I Block, “Handel’s Messiah: Biblical and Theological Perspectives”
Kenneth A. Boer, “A Comparative Content Analysis of Worship Leader Job Descriptions and Undergraduate Worship Leader Curricula in the Southern Baptist Convention” (PhD dissertation)
Calvin Institute of Christian Worship, Resource Library
Calvin Institute of Christian Worship, “Ten Core Convictions”
Bryan Chapell, “The Call to Worship” (pp. 4-5)
Cherry, Constance M. Mary M. Brown, Christopher T. Bounds, Selecting Worship Songs: A Guide for Leaders (book)
Edmund P. Clowney, “The Singing Savior”
David F. Detwiler, “Church Music and Colossians 3:16”
Michael A. Farley, “What Is ‘Biblical’ Worship? Biblical Hermeneutics and Evangelical Theologies of Worship”
John M. Frame, “A Fresh Look at the Regulative Principle: A Broader View”
Steven R. Guthrie, “Singing, in the Body and in the Spirit”
Steve Hawthorne, “The Story of His Glory”
Christopher Hayward, “Music, worship and the church”
Zac Hicks, “Is ‘God Inhabits the Praises of His People’ Really Biblical?”
John Mason Hodges, “Beauty in Music: Inspiration and Excellence”
Donald P. Hustad, “An Interview with Don Hustad”
Donald P. Hustad, “The Odyssey of an Evangelical Church Musician”
Reggie Kidd, “Bach, Bubba, and the Blues Brothers,” Reformed Journal Summer 1999 [posted with permission from the author]
Abraham Kuruvilla, “The Aquedah (Genesis 22): What Is the Author Doing with What He Is Saying?”
Bruce Leafblad, “Thirty Centuries of Music in Worship: Finding Encouragement for Today and Hope for Tomorrow”
C.S. Lewis, “On Church Music,” in Christian Reflections (Eerdmans, 2014)
Max Lucado, “People on a Plane,” in Just like Jesus, 69-70
Karen Mains, “Preface” to hymnal Sing Joyfully [posted with permission of Hope Publishing]
Mark Noll, “Praise the Lord: Song, Culture, Divine Bounty, and Issues of Harmonization”
John Piper, “Biblical Texts to Show God’s Zeal for His Own Glory”
John Piper, Corporate Worship (different messages)
John Piper, “Gospel Worship: Paul’s Holy Ambition for All the Peoples to Praise Christ” (Bethlehem Conference for Pastors and Church Leads, 2017)
John Piper, Life of Worship (different messages)
John Piper, “Preaching As Worship:Meditations on Expository Exultation”
John Piper, “Training the Next Generation of Evangelical Pastors and Missionaries”
John Piper, “Treasuring Christ Together, Part 3: What is the Philosophy of Worship that Unites Us?” (Bethlehem Baptist Church)
John Piper, “Treasuring Christ Together, Part 4: What is the Philosophy of Worship that Unites Us?” (Bethlehem Baptist Church)
John Piper, “What Unites Us in Worship” (Bethlehem Baptist Church)
Vern Poythress, “Ezra 3, Union with Christ, and Exclusive Psalmody“
Vern Poythress, “Ezra 3, Union with Christ, and Exclusive Psalmody (Sequel)”
Tim Ralston, “The Ambiguity of “in spirit”: Addressing Disparate Approaches”
Robert R. Reilly, “The Music of the Spheres, or the Metaphysics of Music”
Lester Ruth, “Don’t Lose the Trinity! A Plea to Songwriters”
James S. Spiegel, “Aesthetics and Worship”.
Tenth Presbyterian Church (Philadelphia PA), “Philosophy-Theology of Music”
Torrance, James B., and Thomas Torrance, “The Torrance Brothers on Worship” (bibliography)
A.W. Tozer, “Worship, the Missing Jewel”
Matthew W. Ward, “With What Shall We Come before the Lord?Biblical Perspectives on Diversity and Division in Church Music”
Matthew Westerholm, “The hour is coming and is now here”: the doctrine of inaugurated eschatology in contemporary evangelical worship music“ (dissertation)
James F. White, “Making Our Worship More Biblical,” Perkins Journal 34 (Fall 1980): 38-40.
Susan J. White, “What ever Happened to the Father/ The Jesus Heresy in Modern Worship”
Ed Willmington, “The Worship Leader and the Vocal Range of Congregational Songs”
John D. Witvliet, “Beyond Style: Asking Deeper Questions about Worship
John D. Witvliet, “Isaiah in Christian Liturgy: Recovering Textual Contrasts and Correcting Theological Astigmatism”
John D. Witvliet, “The Trinitarian DNA of Christian Worship: Perennial Themes in Recent Theological Literature”
World Communion of Reformed Churches, “Worshiping the Triune God: Receiving and Sharing Christian Wisdom Across Continents and Centuries”
N. T. Wright, “Freedom and Framework, Spirit and Truth: Recovering Biblical Worship”
N. T. Wright, “Worship and the Spirit in the New Testament”