Worship in the New Testament
Divine Mystery and Human Response
9780827242944
272 pages
Chalice Press
Overview
Gerald Borchert provides a unique survey of the New Testament by centering on its understanding, teaching, language, and reflections of worship. He seeks to show how worship language and action lie behind much of the New Testament and how the modern church can gain a new power in worship through renewed reflection on the New Testament.
Borchert first looks at the larger New Testament unit—gospels, Pauline letters, pastorals—passage by passage, showing how worship constantly enters into the author's style and purpose in bringing his unique meaning to the individual context.
Borchard concludes each section with a Worship Summary of the biblical book and with questions for the reader to contemplate, inviting the reader to enter into the worship discussion and find ways to give depth, meaning, and hope to personal and congregational worship. At each step, Borchert underlines the deep connection between worship and life.
Author Bio
GERALD L. BORCHERT is thesis director at the Robert E. Webber Institute for Worship Studies, Jacksonville, Florida, and senior professor of New Testament at Carson Newman College, Jefferson City, Tennessee.
