Why do we structure a typical church service around something the apostles never did? Why do we have a mandatory time of singing before the preaching? What values and theology underlie our practices? What did Jesus say about the manifest presence of God? What expectations do we have in our worship services? Why do we have those expectations? What is the restoration of David’s tent? What does it mean to worship in spirit and truth? This book answers these and other questions from a grace-based, net Covenant perspective and offers a better way to worship with understanding and passion.
Table of Contents:
Foreword
Chapter 1: What Are We Doing? Why Do We Do It?
Chapter 2: How We Got Here
Chapter 3: The Better Covenant
Chapter 4: David’s Tent – A New Covenant Perspective
Chapter 5: Praise, Worship, and the Anointing
Chapter 6: The Manifest Presence of God
Chapter 7: John 4:24 – Worship in Spirit and Truth
Chapter 8: The Psychology of Corporate Praise and Worship
Chapter 9: Conclusion
Chapter 10: Questions and Answers
About the Author:
Stephen and Rita Crosby have ministered in churches, home churches, organic churches, conferences, and Bible schools in nations on four continents. They have three grown children, and four grandchildren. They have been married for forty years. Steve and Rita are committed to the proclamation and spread of the transforming New Covenant life, love, liberty, and kingdom power of the Gospel of Jesus Christ into the world, one heart at a time. They are passionate about relationships – one-anothering – in community as the foundation for all kingdom endeavors.
