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WORSHIP MATTERS: Leading Others to Encounter the Greatness of God
Bob Kauflin, Foreword by Paul Baloche
Nothing is more essential than knowing how to worship the God who created us. This book focuses readers on the essentials of God-honoring worship, combining biblical foundations with practical application in a way that works in the real world. The author, a pastor and noted songwriter, skillfully instructs pastors, musicians, and church leaders so that they can root their congregational worship in unchanging scriptural principles, not divisive cultural trends. Bob Kauflin covers a variety of topics such as the devastating effects of worshiping the wrong things, how to base our worship on God's self-revelation rather than our assumptions, the fuel of worship, the community of worship, and the ways that eternity's worship should affect our earthly worship.
Appropriate for Christians from varied backgrounds and for various denominations, this book will bring a vital perspective to what readers think they understand about praising God.
Foreword by Paul Baloche 11
PART ONE: The Leader
1 The Important Things 15
2 My Heart: What Do I Love? 21
3 My Mind: What Do I Believe? 27
4 My Hands: What Do I Practice? 33
5 My Life: What Do I Model? 43
PART TWO: The Task
6 So What Does a Worship Leader Do? 51
7 A Faithful Worship Leader . . . 57
8 . . . Magnifies the Greatness of God . . . 61
9 . . . In Jesus Christ . . . 69
10 . . . Through the Power of the Holy Spirit . . . 81
11 . . . Skillfully Combining God’s Word . . . 89
12 . . . With Music . . . (Part One: What Kind?) 97
13 . . . With Music . . . (Part Two: Planning Sunday’s Songs) 109
14 . . . Thereby Motivating the Gathered Church . . . 121
15 . . . To Proclaim the Gospel . . . 129
16 . . . To Cherish God’s Presence . . . 137
17 . . . And to Live for God’s Glory 143
PART THREE: Healthy Tensions
18 Guiding Principles 153
19 Transcendent and Immanent 159
20 Head and Heart 165
21 Internal and External 169
22 Vertical and Horizontal 175
23 Planned and Spontaneous 181
24 Rooted and Relevant 189
25 Skilled and Authentic 195
26 For the Church and for Unbelievers 201
27 Event and Everyday 205
PART FOUR: Right Relationships
28 Always People 213
29 Your Church 219
30 Your Team 229
31 Your Pastor 241
32 Some Thoughts for Pastors 249
A Brief Annotated Bibliography 261
Special Thanks 267
Notes 269
Scripture Index 277
General Index 281
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