Worshipping Trinity : Coming Back to the Heart of Worship

by Parry, Robin

ISBN13: 9781610976268

ISBN10: 1610976266

Format: Paperback

Pub. Date: 2011-08-01

Publisher(s): Wipf & Stock Pub

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Summary

Writing for church leaders, worship leaders, and songwriters as well as those interested in theology, Robin Parry looks at why the Trinity matters and addresses pressing questions such as:

Author Biography

Robin Parry is commissioning editor for Wipf and Stock Publishers. Prior to that he was commissioning editor for Paternoster, and previously taught A-level Religious Studies and Philosophy at Worcester Sixth Form College. He is married with two daughters.

Foreword 1	p. xi
Foreword 2	p. xiii
Acknowledgements	p. xv
Theology and Worship up a Tree, K.I.S.S.I.N.G.	p. 1
The terrifying Trinity	p. 3
Good theology matters for good worship	p. 6
Worship shapes our spirituality	p. 8
The Trinitarian Geography of the Biblical Story	p. 17
The biblical super-story	p. 19
Trinity and creation	p. 20
Trinity and humanity	p. 25
Israel in the story of salvation	p. 28
Trinity and the story of Jesus	p. 33
Trinity and the future redemption of creation	p. 48
The Trinitarian Geography of the Christian Life	p. 50
Trinity and becoming a Christian	p. 50
Trinity and the church	p. 53
Trinity and mission	p. 57
Trinity and holy living	p. 59
Trinity and reading the Bible	p. 63
Trinity and eternal life	p. 65
Conclusion	p. 66
The Shape of Trinitarian Faith	p. 67
The main elements of Trinitarian belief	p. 70
Illustrations of the Trinity	p. 81
Worshipping with the Trinity	p. 86
'Worship through the Son'	p. 88
'Worship in the Spirit'	p. 96
Worshipping the Trinity	p. 102
Glory be to the Father	p. 103
Glory be to the Son	p. 107
Glory be to the Holy Spirit	p. 112
Singing the Trinity	p. 122
Substantially Trinitarian songs	p. 123
A full typology of the Trinitarian content of worship songs	p. 139
Praying the Trinity	p. 147
Extempore prayer	p. 147
Written prayers as a school for prayer	p. 152
Liturgy	p. 155
Tongues	p. 157
A Herd of Other Ideas for Trinitarian Worship	p. 160
The Lord's Supper, Holy Communion or Eucharist	p. 160
Scripture reading	p. 165
Preaching	p. 167
Exercising spiritual gifts	p. 169
The arts	p. 170
Worship outside the box	p. 183
Epilogue: Avoiding a Trinitarian Fad	p. 185
Notes	p. 192
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