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For the Glory of God: Recovering a Biblical Theology of Worship is unavailable, but you can change that!

Current discussions about worship are often driven by pragmatics and personal preferences rather than by the teaching of Scripture. True worship, however, is our response to God's gracious revelation; in order to be acceptable to God, worship must be experienced on God's terms. Respected Old Testament scholar Daniel Block examines worship in the Bible, offering a comprehensive biblical...

I. The call to true and authentic worship (vv. 1–5) II. The nature of true and authentic worship (vv. 6–7b) III. The evidence of true and authentic worship (vv. 7c–11) Striking shifts in mood mark the transitions from one section to another. In verses 1–5 the psalmist calls on devotees of YHWH to sing for joy, to approach him with thanksgiving, and to shout joyfully to him with psalms of praise.51 However, in verses 6–7b the mood changes dramatically. The excitement and enthusiasm of verses 1–2
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