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Swee Hong Lim and Lester Ruth have filled an important gap in the study of worship. Lovin’ on Jesus: A Concise History of Contemporary Worship is the first scholarly work of its kind on this topic. Lim and Ruth trace the origins and development of what we commonly call contemporary Christian worship, exploring it thoroughly and methodically. Their research includes early recordings and interviews...

To help plan and lead, Blomgren encouraged worship leaders to have a master list of songs with their critical elements identified to be used in planning and as a handy reference for when the Spirit might call for spontaneous changes in a service. The essentials of Blomgren’s approach have remained steady through four decades of guides on achieving flow in a worship set. That constancy does not reflect Blomgren’s specific influence as much as it shows how widespread the desire and standard techniques