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The Center for Christian Studies is pleased to make available Dr. Wendell Willis' book, When You Come Together: The Theology and Practice of Christian Worship. In this work, Dr. Willis provides a discussion of worship that is both scholarly and accessible. He begins with a survey of the "landscape" of worship in many contemporary churches, followed by a robust theology of Christian worship. He then proceeds through the various acts of Christian worship—common prayer, singing,

As God’s chosen people, the ancient Israelites regularly encountered God in rituals rooted in the memories of Passover, the exodus, and Mount Sinai. These practices of remembering God’s deliverance and presence were ultimately fulfilled in Jesus and passed on to the church. In Transforming Encounters, John Mark Hicks examines ancient Israel’s practices to show how God met and transformed Israel in these encounters. Today, through baptism, the worship assembly, and the Lord’s

What do you know about non-Christian religions—not just extinct, ancient religions or those far away on the other side of the world, but...