Worship: a term used for the reverent devotion, service or honor paid to God, whether by an individual or in public assembly.
Perry C. Cotham, Ceasefire: Ending Worship Wars with Sound Theology & Plain Common Sense (Orange, CA: New Leaf Books, 2002).
[Worship] is both the divine service in which God comes to his people through word and sacrament and the work of the people in which the church, in the Spirit, offers prayer, praise, and thanksgiving. It is both Trinitarian and Christological.
Frank C. Senn, New Creation: A Liturgical Worldview (Minneapolis, MN: Augsburg Fortress, 2000).
[Worship] is consistent with the nature of God as revealed in the Scriptures [Trinitarian] and in the person of Jesus Christ [Christological].
Marva J. Dawn, Reaching out without Dumbing Down: A Theology of Worship for the Turn-of-the-Century Culture (Grand Rapids, MI: W.B. Eerdmans, 1995).
Worship is first and foremost an encounter with the living God through Jesus Christ.
Todd E. Johnson, ed., The Conviction of Things Not Seen: Worship and Ministry in the 21st Century (Grand Rapids, MI: Brazos Press, 2002).
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