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Living Under Water: Baptism as a Way of Life

What does baptism mean? And what do we do with it? Kevin Adams—an experienced pastor and church planter who has baptized people of all ages and spiritual origins—makes the case that baptism isn't merely a one-time ceremony but something to be lived and affirmed throughout one's life.

Becoming What We Sing: Formation through Contemporary Worship Music

This book draws on cultural criticism, ethnomusicology, and liturgical and sacramental theology to process the deluge of the contemporary in today’s worship music.

Setting the Spiritual Clock

In this series of devotional reflections, Metzger reflects on the spiritual value and Christological focus of the liturgical year, demonstrating how the seasons of the church year help Christians resist the secular eclipse of spiritual reality.


Table and Temple: The Christian Eucharist and Its Jewish Roots

In most modern discussions of the Eucharist, the Jewish temple and its services of worship do not play a large role. They are often mentioned in passing, but little work is done in grounding, organizing, or explicating the connections between these things and the Eucharistic celebration.

Work and Worship: Reconnecting Our Labor and Liturgy

The chasm between work and worship has a devastating effect on the health, vibrancy, and effectiveness of both our labor and our liturgy.

Acting Liturgically: Philosophical Reflections on Religious Practice

Participation in religious liturgies and rituals is a pervasive and remarkably complex form of human activity. This book opens with a discussion of the nature of liturgical activity and then explores various dimensions of such activity.


Remembrance, Communion, and Hope: Rediscovering the Gospel at the Lord's Table

In this book Billings shows how a renewed theology and practice of the Lord’s Supper can lead Christians to rediscover the full richness and depth of the gospel.

The Theater of God's Glory: Calvin, Creation, and the Liturgical Arts

A theological framework for the liturgical arts rooted in John Calvin, arguing that Calvin’s Trinitarian theology provides a promising resource for understanding the material aspects of corporate worship and for promoting the proper flourishing of the liturgical arts.


Evangelical versus Liturgical? Defying a Dichotomy

In this book Melanie Ross draws on historical analysis, systematic theology, and the worship life of two vibrant congregations to argue that the common ground shared by evangelical and liturgical churches is much more important than the differences than divide them.

The Touch of the Sacred: The Practice, Theology, and Tradition of Christian Worship

In The Touch of the Sacred Gerrit Immink offers thoughtful theological reflection on the religious practice of worship services in the Protestant tradition.