Christians sing because we are people of hope.
Yet our hope is unlike other kinds of hope. We are not optimists; nor are we escapists. Christian hope is uniquely shaped by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead and by the promise of our own future resurrection.
How is that hope both expressed and experienced in contemporary worship? In this volume in the Dynamics of Christian Worship series, pastor, theologian, and songwriter Glenn Packiam explores what Christians sing about when they sing about hope and what kind of hope they experience when they worship together. Through his analysis and reflection, we find that Christian worship is crucial to both the proclamation and the formation of Christian hope.
The Dynamics of Christian Worship series draws from a wide range of worshiping contexts and denominational backgrounds to unpack the many dynamics of Christian worship—including prayer, reading the Bible, preaching, baptism, the Lord’s Supper, music, visual art, architecture, and more—to deepen both the theology and practice of Christian worship for the life of the church.
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Acknowledgments
Introduction
Part 1: Setting the Stage
1. What Is Practical Theology?
2. Contemporary Paradigms for Congregational Worship
Part 2: Hope and Eschatology
3. What Is Hope? Exploring Various Models of Hope
4. What Is Christian Hope? Early Visions of Eschatology
5. What Is Christian Hope? Eschatology in Contemporary Theology
Part 3: Evangelicals, Worship, and Hope
6. Hope Espoused: Popular Evangelical Eschatology
7. Hope Encoded: Examining Contemporary Worship Songs
8. Hope Experienced: Exploring Contemporary Worship Services
Part 4: The Spirit and the Church
9. The Spirit of Hope
10. Carriers of Hope
Conclusion
Bibliography
Scripture Index
Over de auteur
Glenn Packiam (Doctor of Theology and Ministry, Durham) is the associate senior pastor of New Life Church in Colorado Springs, Colorado. He is the songwriter of more than fifty worship songs, including ‘Your Name’ and ‘Mystery of Faith, ‘ and the author of several books, including Blessed Broken Given: How Your Story Becomes Sacred in the Hands of Jesus and Discover the Mystery of Faith: How Worship Shapes Believing. He is also a visiting fellow at St. John's College at Durham University and an adjunct professor at Denver Seminary.
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