Bob Kauflin
Foreword by Paul Baloche
Worship Matters is the first book from pastor, songwriter, and worship leader Bob Kauflin. In these 300 pages, Bob seeks to focus readers on the essentials of God-honoring worship, combining biblical foundations with practical application for the real world. Thirty-two chapters cover a variety of topics, each rooted not in cultural trends, but in unchanging scriptural principles.
Bob covers a variety of topics, including the devastating effects of worshiping the wrong things, how to base our worship on God’s self-revelation rather than on our assumptions, the fuel of worship, the centrality of the cross, the community of worship, and the ways that eternity’s worship should affect our worship here and now. In every chapter he seeks to lead worshipers, not to cultural trends, but to unchanging scriptural principles.
Worship Matters is for pastors, for worship leaders, and for anyone who wants to learn more about what it means to worship God.
Format: Paperback
Size: 6 x 9 inches
Published: April 2008
Pages: 304
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Author
Bob Kauflin is director of worship development for Sovereign Grace Ministries. His responsibilities include equipping pastors and worship leaders in the theology and practice of congregational worship, and contributing to albums produced by Sovereign Grace Music. He was a writer and arranger for the group GLAD from 1976 to 2006, and is one of the worship leaders at Covenant Life Church (Gaithersburg, MD).
Bob and his wife, Julie, have six children and a growing number of grandchildren.
He blogs on music and worship at WorshipMatters.com.
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Table of Contents
Foreword (Paul Baloche)
Part One: The Leader
- The Important Things
- My Heart: What Do I Love?
- My Mind: What Do I Believe?
- My Hands: What Do I Practice?
- My Life: What Do I Model?
Part Two: The Task
- So What Does a Worship Leader Do?
- A Faithful Worship Leader...
- ...Magnifies the Greatness of God...
- ...In Jesus Christ...
- ...Through the Power of the Holy Spirit...
- ...Skillfully Combining God's Word...
- ...With Music...(Part One: What Kind?)
- ...With Music...(Part Two: Planning Sunday's Songs)
- ...Thereby Motivating the Gathered Church...
- ...To Proclaim the Gospel...
- ...To Cherish God's Presence...
- ...And to Live for God's Glory
Part Three: Healthy Tensions
- Guiding Principles
- Transcendent and Immanent
- Head and Heart
- Internal and External
- Vertical and Horizontal
- Planned and Spontaneous
- Rooted and Relevant
- Skilled and Authentic
- For the Church and for Unbelievers
- Event and Everyday
Part Four: Right Relationships
- Always People
- Your Church
- Your Team
- Your Pastor
- Some Thoughts for Pastors
A Brief Annotated Bibliography
Special Thanks
Notes
Scripture Index
General Index
Reviews
“In every conversation or correspondence I’ve had with Bob Kauflin, one thing always shines through—a burning desire to ‘get it right’ when it comes to the worship of God. Bob loves God, values theology and cares about people. This mix is found throughout this wonderful and helpful book. Worship Matters will inspire you as a worshiper, and spur you on as a leader of worship.” —Matt Redman, lead worshiper and songwriter, Brighton, UK
“Here is a rare book: a practical treatment of corporate worship that nevertheless reflects deep theological commitments. One may disagree here and there with some of the judgments, but it is demonstrably unfair to imagine that Bob Kauflin has not thought about these matters deeply—and he has done so in a context where he is teaching a new generation to take corporate worship seriously in a fashion that is simultaneously biblically faithful and addressing today’s culture.” —D.A. Carson, Research Professor of New Testament, Trinity Evangelical Divinity School
“Bob Kauflin’s new book, Worship Matters, is an outstanding book both for those who lead worship and also for every Christian who wants to worship God more fully. The book is biblical, practical, interesting, wise, and thorough in its treatment of the topic. Though it treats many practical details, it rightly puts primary emphasis on the worship leader’s character and relationship to God, and on the Bible’s own teaching about worship. The next time I teach on worship, I plan to make this the required text.” —Wayne Grudem, Research Professor of Bible and Theology, Phoenix Seminary
“Kauflin…has written what is a must-read for worship leaders, pastors, and lay ministry leaders with a deep desire to know God and to lead others to the throne of God through corporate worship. Starting with an intensely personal account of his own spiritual journey, Bob pulls from his own extensive experience and Scripture to assemble what may be the most understandable and applicable treatment on the subject of worship from the worship leader’s perspective we've seen.” —Worship.com (read more)
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