Most books in this series of posts have been instructional in nature. Isaac Watts give helpful thoughts on delivering public prayers. Matthew Henry ties our prayers to the Bible. Below, I’ve listed a handful of books that simply record entire prayers. Some short, some long. Some plain, some elaborate. I find it helpful to regularly meander through these books so I can learn from those who have walked closely with Christ in their own prayer …
While Matthew Henry’s Method for Prayer gives attention to the Biblical content of our prayers, Isaac Watt’s helpful book A Guide to Prayer offers ministers helpful insights into matters of expression, voice, gestures, and other practical matters of delivery. The book breaks down into 5 sections:
So, you’ve committed to more Scripture readings in your worship services. This means you probably know the church has used Scripture readings in a multiplicity of ways: calls to worship, calls to confession, consecutive Bible reading plans, assurance of pardon, benedictions etc. If your worship service has 4-5 different kinds of Scripture readings every week, you’re going to need to compile large lists of passages for these readings.
You could obviously make those lists by …
Begin here. Don’t read any other books on liturgy until you’ve read this one. While many seminarians are familiar with “Christ Centered Preaching”, I firmly believe that “Christ Centered Worship” is Bryan Chapell’s greatest contribution to the church. I first read this book in 2017 and it cemented all of the swirling ideas I had concerning liturgical matters.
Chapell gives us a helpful historic summary of different ancient, Roman Catholic, Reformation, as well as modern …
Yesterday our church began an 8 week study through the Old Testament book of Joshua. If you’re interested in studying Joshua for yourself here are a few resources I’d recommend:
The Holman Illustrated Bible Dictionary is my go-to Bible dictionary (I have 4-5). When studying an ancient book like Joshua having a handy reference for terms, cultural practices, and geography is essential.
Brand, Chad, Charles Draper, and Archie England. Holman Illustrated Bible Dictionary…