AUDIOBOOK REVIEW: Worship by John MacArthur

This is the best, most biblically-based book on worship I have come across.  Its one short-coming is its unnecessarily long length.

John MacArthur does an excellent—and very thorough—job of expositing a biblical view of worship.  Calling into question all our pre-concieved notions of what acceptable worship of a holy God looks like, he touches on everything from worship throughout the biblical narrative to worship styles over the last 200 years.

I particularly liked the chapters dealing with Jesus’ words in John 4 about true worshippers worshipping in spirit and in truth.  Those words have such depth, and MacArthur gives them the time and attention they deserve; devoting a huge chunk of the book to it.

Speaking of huge chunks of book, MacArthur spends a lot of time expounding on the various attributes of God (His holiness, His omnipresence, etc).  While this section is, like the rest of the book, very well-written, it seems only loosely connected to the overall subject and makes the book unnecessarily long.

One final praise: the narration is very well done.  I highly recommend this book for anyone who wants to take their worship of God more seriously.

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