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February 2015 Vol. 52 No. 6

Block (Wheaton College, IL) seeks to shape the evangelical church so that "even when forms of worship are culturally determined, the principles underlying them are biblically rooted and theologically formed."  He inserts "First Testament" material on worship into evangelical discussions that usually focus on the New Testament alone.  Block argues that "true worship involves reverential acts of submission and homage before the divine Sovereign in response to his gracious revelation of himself and in accord with his will."  The first three chapters seek biblical answers for basic questions about worship, and chapters 4 and 5 look at worship as an individual expression within all of life.  Chapters 6 through 10 examine the worship of the gathered church, and chapters 11 through 13 address concrete questions to guide worship.  Each chapter engages its theme by (1) examining the theme as expressed in the "First Testament," (2) continuing the investigation of the theme in the New Testament, and (3) providing "biblical principles" that address evangelical worship today.  A useful book for libraries and readers in the Calvinist, evangelical, and free church tradition.

--J. W. Wright, Point Loma Nazarene University

Summing Up: Recommended. Upper-division undergraduates, graduate students, professionals, and general readers.