WORSHIP IN CHURCH HISTORY: 5. Post-Reformation (c. AD 1650–present)

Church History, Priority of Worship, Reformation, Revelation and Response, Theology and Doxology, Traditional/Contemporary Debate, Worship Wars

WORSHIP NOTESVolume 20, No. 2 (February 2025) Broad Movements This is a period with a great deal of different developments (including the modern missionary movement and the enormous expansion of Christianity worldwide);  this chart below traces some of the broader historical trends and compares their tendencies (chart adapted in part from Marva Dawn, How Shall We Worship?, 108–13):   This period is characterized by the multiplication of Protestant confessions and […]

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The Importance of Worship for Theology

Christ and Worship, Hebrews, Reformation, Revelation and Response, Theology and Doxology, Word and Worship

WORSHIP NOTES Volume 11, No. 9 (September 2016) Last month we looked at the importance of theology for worship (that is, a biblical understanding of worship). This month we want to look at it the other way around and consider the importance of worship for theology. In any of our biblical study as believers, whether it be in Bible school, in seminary, in Sunday School, or in our own private study, it

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WHY STUDY THE THEOLOGY OF WORSHIP?

Lifestyle Worship, Priority of Worship, Revelation and Response, Theology and Doxology, Word and Worship

WORSHIP NOTES Volume 11, No. 8 (August 2016) The Bible is a collection of writings by authors inspired by God over the course of many centuries. These writings are of different genres: historical books, books of poetry and prophecy, letters, etc. And the Bible is not arranged thematically like a textbook would be. The work of a theologian is to draw, from the different parts of the Bible, its teachings

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