The Beauty of Holiness: A Guide to Biblical Worship

by Michael Barrett

Publisher:

Ambassador

, 2006

Overview

The controversy about worship styles has degenerated into arguments based on personal preference. If there is any overriding biblical truth that must circumscribe every worship practice, it is that worship is all about God and not about us. There is little hope of worshiping in a manner that is pleasing to the Lord if we do not start with the Bible and stress what it stresses. The Beauty of Holiness is a guide to what the Bible says about the objective, manner, and the heart of worship.

Key Features

• Provides Scripture to explain and discuss what true biblical worship looks like
• Examines how biblical worship brings us into the presence of God
• Points the conversation of worship towards God, and what pleases him

Contents

• The Danger of Worship
  • A Warning from Isaiah
  • A Warning from Jeremiah
  • A Warning from Ezekiel
• The Object of Worship
  • Theocentric Worship
  • Trinitarian Worship
• The Subject of Worship
  • The August Person of God
  • The Attractive Perfections of God
  • The Awesome Works of God
• The Liturgy of Worship
  • Reading Scripture
  • Praying
  • Preaching
  • Singing
• Aids for Worship
  • The Sabbath: A Time for Worship
  • Sacraments: Tools for Worship
• Examples of Worship
  • The Example of Moses
  • The Example of Isaiah
  • The Example of John
• Paradigms for Worship
  • Focus of the Psalms
  • Formula in the Psalms
  • Function of the Psalms

Top Highlights

“God has never been and will never be satisfied with heartless worship. Heartless worship is a major pitfall to avoid.” (Page 10)

“If there is any overriding biblical truth that must circumscribe every worship practice, it is that worship is all about God and not about us.” (Page 3)

“External religion breeds spiritual insensitivity by making the ‘worshipper’ oblivious to his real spiritual condition.” (Page 12)

“Worship centers on God, not man: it is Theocentric, not anthropocentric. God is to be worshipped for what He is worth and not for what worshipping Him may gain for the worshipper. Worshipping God as a means to an end rather than as the end itself turns worship away from God to man.” (Page 41)

“Since true worship flows from the knowledge of God, it follows that improper thinking about God contaminates and invalidates any act of worship.” (Page 13)

Product Details

• Title: The Beauty of Holiness: A Guide to Biblical Worship
• Author: Michael P. V. Barrett
• Publisher: Ambassador-Emerald
• Publication Date: 2006
• Pages: 285

About Michael Barrett

Michael Paul Vernon Barrett (born September 18, 1949) is the author of Beginning at Moses: A Guide to Finding Christ in the Old Testament, God’s Unfailing Purpose: The Message of Daniel, and Complete in Him: A Guide to Understanding and Enjoying the Gospel. He is academic dean and professor of Old Testament at Puritan Reformed Theological Seminary. He is a minister in the Free Presbyterian Church of North America, and was formerly president of Geneva Reformed Seminary. Converted to Christianity as a child, he was called to ministry early in his college career at Bob Jones University. He earned his doctorate in Old Testament Text at BJU with a special focus on Semitic languages.