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A Simplified Guide to Worshiping As Lutherans. By James Alan Waddell. Eugene, OR: Wipf and Stock, 2009. Paper. xviii + 136 pages. $14.40.
From the back cover:
This book was prepared for lay people, congregational leaders, pastors, church musicians, worship leaders, and worship committees. It provides an answer for those who are asking the question: What does it mean to worship as a Lutheran in the twenty-first century?
The goal of the book is twofold:
● In today’s context with so many different and confusing opinions about worship, this book provides lay people and pastors with a clear and understandable presentation of Lutheran theology for Lutheran worship.
● It gives positive direction and equips worship leaders with concrete practical tools to evaluate contemporary worship forms, when these forms are considered for use in the Lutheran congregation.
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At the end of each chapter there are bullet sentences summarizing the most important points. There are also study/discussion questions to provide a starting point for having a conversation about the issues addressed in each chapter.
This book provides a simple definition and use of worship for Lutheran Christians. Most approaches to worshiping as Lutherans today fall off in the ditch, either on the side of a legalism that would control the worship of God’s people, or on the side of a license that fails to view worship as a significant expression of a church’s theological identity. In many respects there is a need today for a simplified guide to worshiping as Lutherans, one that does not fall off in the ditch on either side. This book fills that need.
The author, James Alan Waddell, has fifteen years of experience as a Lutheran pastor and several years as an instructor of New Testament and Religious Studies. He is also the author of The Struggle to Reclaim the Liturgy in the Lutheran Church (2005).
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