Good (biblically based) books on the topic of worship

**Moosicman** · 03-30-2011, 08:39 AM

I'm looking for some suggestions to add to my reading list of books on worship to deepen my own understanding. I'm not really wanting someone's supposings or musings nor a "how-to" book but more a "why-we-do" philosophy of worship type writing based on the Scriptures. I'm also open to other resources, knowing that I frequently will do a video search for a topic and find a trusted speaker on the issue and the watch or listen to that via internet while doing things around the house (for instance: google -Ravi Zacharias - atheism). Thanks!

**Doulos** · 03-31-2011, 02:26 AM

Worship And Music Ministry by Rick Ryan & Dave Newton.

It is excellent.

-mark <><

**hitchface** · 03-31-2011, 04:42 AM

Worship Matters.

Best one I've read.

**Moosicman** · 03-31-2011, 12:43 PM

I ordered the bottom one. I couldn't find Worship & Music Ministry. Wanna sell yours? LOL j/j

**Doulos** · 03-31-2011, 01:06 PM

Originally Posted by Moosicman

I ordered the bottom one. I couldn't find Worship & Music Ministry. Wanna sell yours? LOL j/j

I've found that a great place to seek out old (and not so old) books is here

-mark <><

**matreames** · 04-03-2011, 11:06 PM

I recommend Dwayne Moore's book "Pure Praise" We have twice doen a group study of this book here on TWC. Great book on worship.

**eyema_believer** · 04-05-2011, 02:24 PM

I replied to this last night, but it seems the link I put in the post to the book I'm recommending on Amazon got my post cut. So, here it is without the link, in its entirety:
I'm currently studying worship at Spring Arbor University, and I could suggest a whole pile of books, depending on what you really want to learn about. Most of them are on the academic side, written by theologians with a PhD rather than the trendiest worship leader who wrote the latest hit song.
One that is a pretty easy read (as academic books go) is written by Dr. Keith Drury, who teaches at Indiana Wesleyan University. It's called "The Wonder of Worship: Why We Worship the Way We Do"
If you can narrow your topic a bit ... like music for worship etc. I can suggest more books.

~S