Category: Books (Page 12 of 23)

I’m giving away 4 copies of my newest book, Life as Worship! There are two conditions and one test.

The conditions:

1) You’ll read it, and

2) Within four weeks of receiving the book you’ll post an honest (but not necessarily positive) review on Amazon.com and at least one other social media site (e.g. Goodreads.com; Christianbook.com).

The test: In most major, modern English translations of the Bible, where is the first use of the word “worship” and who is doing the worshiping?

A copy will go to each of the first four people to comment with the correct answer. Once the winners have been determined, please, no begging for additional copies!

PS — To those of you who have already read the book, please post a review(s) online! Your review is powerful in helping others decide whether or not to purchase and read the book.
UPDATE: We’ve got four winners … with a little grace to a couple of entrants … one sent in the answer via smoke signals (OK, it was on Facebook) and one only gave only the first half of the two-part question, but once you’ve got the correct reference the “who” is pretty easy. We’ll call it good. Thanks for your interest!

“Life is worship.

Not should be. Is.

Humans are worshipers by default. Worship is a reflex. By an inbred necessity of the heart, we adore, sacrifice, praise and give ourselves away in worship. We were created for this.

As A.W. Tozer put it, worship is “the normal employment of moral beings . . . It is something built into human nature.”

The Fall didn’t remove the worship-impulse; it scrambled it. It didn’t obliterate worship; it changed the object of our worship.When Adam and Eve turned from worship of God to devotion to their desires, they cast the mold for all their descendants. John Calvin had it right with regard to the human heart: it is “a perpetual forge of idols.” Look around. Look within! It’s hard to argue with him. Worship is everywhere, idolatrous though much of it is.

Life rightly lived, life fully enjoyed, is lived as an unfolding, moment-by-moment expression of worship to God.” (Life as Worship, p.17)

My special thanks to Jon Loufman of WHKW (1220 am, The Word) in Cleveland, Ohio. He made me his guest during his hour-long broadcast, “Living the Word.” Our topic was my latest book, Life as Worship. Our conversation was sent out over the airwaves today and I wanted to give you a chance to join the fun by listening in after the fact.

Enjoy! (and if you do, share with others who you think will also enjoy and be edified by this conversation and the book upon which it is based).

“Everything about everything must become an expression of worship to God! We are not called merely to weekly worship, periodic worship, rhythmic or seasonal worship. We are called to worship at the speed of life!” (Life as Worship, p.13)