August 11, 2025

Recommended Reading on Worship Deepen your understanding. Strengthen your worship. These resources are curated to help readers grow in theological depth, historical awareness, and spiritual discernment as they seek to worship the Lord in spirit and truth. Core Titles Worship Matters – Bob KauflinA foundational book on worship leadership, heart posture, and theological clarity. Accessible […]

Worship That Pleases God A Call to Discernment and Reverence in a Shallow Age of Worship By Drew Von Neida In recent years, worship in many churches has started to look and feel a lot like the surrounding culture: loud, emotionally charged, experience-driven, and centered more on personal feelings than on biblical truth. Worship sets

Preaching is Worship: Proclaiming the Glory of God Through the Word By David De Bruyn Worship is knowing and expressing God’s worth. Worship is treasuring, valuing, and loving God according to what we think is “due His name” (Psalm 29:2). For God to be praised, admired, and treasured, His glory must be perceived. For Him

Start with the Word: Why Daily Bible Reading Shapes Discernment in Worship By Dave Jenkins In a world awash with emotionalism, experience-driven faith, and theological confusion, the Church must re-anchor itself in the Word of God—especially when it comes to worship. While conversations about worship often center around music preferences, lighting, or style, the deeper

Avoiding Worship Music from Apostate Sources By Amy Spreeman In Leviticus 8–10, we read about the incident of “strange fire”, when Aaron’s sons, Nadab and Abihu, made an incense offering at the tabernacle that God had not commanded. The Hebrew word for “strange” can mean unauthorized, foreign, or profane. Because their offering was not in

The Influence of Bethel Music By Dawn Hill “For God is the King of all the earth; sing praises with a psalm!” (Psalm 47:7). Music is a powerful thing. Many of us can recall songs from our childhood, and the words once filed deep within our minds emerge easily from our lips. Many of us

Why the Royalties to Bethel Church Matter By Richard P Moore After 10 years of detailed, thorough research into Bethel Church in Redding, California, I have concluded that I could never in good conscience recommend a single resource put out by Bethel Church. Not a book, not a podcast, not a sermon, not a conference,

Cloud by Day, Fire by Night: What Numbers 9 Teaches Us About Worship Discernment By Dave Jenkins Worship today is often shaped by trends, technology, and emotional experience. For many churches, the measure of good worship is how engaging or moving it feels. But Scripture paints a different picture. Worship is not primarily about our