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The Wonder of Worship: Why We Worship the Way We Do is unavailable, but you can change that!

This easy reader of church history traces the development of prayer, music, preaching, sacraments, and other rituals. It offers clear insight on the reasons behind current worship practices. A helpful book for pastors, worship leaders, or anyone who wonders, “Why do we do that in church?”

worship. As we shall see, they also powerfully influenced the modern Charismatic movement. Though John Wesley himself condemned what was then called “enthusiasm,” his Methodist followers in America did not. They enthusiastically went off to camp meetings, where rhythmic hand-clapping, repetitive singing, running the aisles, “getting blessed,” and even barking to “tree the devil” were not uncommon. The term “shouting” became a modifier for Methodist, producing a new moniker:
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