Worship Through the Ages

This book traces something like the historical narrative of worship or the unfolding practices of worship from the Bible times and through church history down to today. I felt the authors presented this weighty subject of God's worship somewhat flippantly without the reverence and awe it demands. The book gives the impression that worship is fluid and flexible. The fact that worship in the OC was divinely prescribed by God for the Israelites and that NT worship was modelled on the Synagogue was completely omitted. No discussion was given of any principles of worship nor the standard to which worship is to be measured. Found the whole premise of the book misleading and the motivation behind it erroneous. One of the authors is the founder of Liberty University one of the largest and broadest evangelical teaching institutions in America. If this book is anything to judge the worship within Evangelical Churches today then we are in trouble. In my opinion evangelicals need to read books written on worship from older writers at least from the 17 hundreds.