This article reflects on basic principles for liturgical practice and musical style.

This article addresses one of the main weaknesses of the seeker-sensitive approach to the church's worship service, which is the lack of participation of the rest of the congregation members in ministry.

This article addresses the dangers in worshipping in a certain way without properly understanding why we worship in that way. The author gives some guidelines around how to structure meaningful worship that focuses on God.

What kind of worship does God require? The author of this article emphasizes that worship should be God-centered, with everything in the service pointing towards God. Indeed, there is also an element of individual experience of God's presence in the worship service, but this must not be the central focus.

Nowadays, the question of how we should worship is a hotly contested issue in churches. The author of this article emphasizes that how believers worship should be determined by Who they worship, and not by personal taste. Believers should offer worship that is befitting to a holy and awesome God.

This author laments the fact that most modern churches are falling into the trap of seeking to please people in their worship rather than conforming worship to God's demands. Worship is becoming increasingly man-centered.

Does God have a certain way that He wants us to worship? This article looks at various aspects of biblical worship: the need for true worship, the character of worship, worship and the Word, leadership in worship, music and worship, worshiping with the heart. The author also discusses evaluating worship service and Hebrews 12:28-29.

What is the real point of worship? Is it really that important? Worship has everything to do with the covenant between the Lord and His bride. The worship service is first and foremost an assembly of God’s people to have communion with Him.

Is it important to have a reformed liturgy? This article shows that there is a relationship between theology and liturgy, since the one leads to the other. Here the history of reformed liturgy is given, showing that reformed liturgy seeks to be biblical and God-centered.

How are we to worship? This article discusses what Reformed worship is. The author also speaks about the heavenly pattern of worship which is outlined in the Old and New Testament.

Working from the book of Revelation, this article highlights elements that are essential for true worship of God. True worship is shaped by a right fear of God and involves thanksgiving expressed in singing and a life of service to God. Corporate worship should have these attributes while believers anticipate worship in eternity.

Discussing the principle of "Soli Deo Gloria" in relation to worship, this article shows that worship is not only about God, but also about the church. The author validates this argument by distinguishing between man's ultimate goal and man's immediate goals. This is applied to the regulative principle on the place of children in worship and the singing of laments.

The determining factor for liturgical principles is the conviction that God determines what happens during worship service. This article discusses worship in the Old and New Testament, looking at how the principles of Old Testament worship influenced the liturgy of the New Testament church. The author then draws conclusions for what this means for our worship today.

This article is about worshipping twice on a Sunday. Preaching and its importance for church life is also discussed.

This article is about the difference between Reformed and Evangelical worship. Two aspects are discussed: the presence of God, and the understanding of the minister's office in the worship service.

This article is about the baby room in the church and the way we look at children and the worship service.

What are the key aspects of worshipping God?

How do you prepare for Sunday worship? This article offers three things to consider when preparing for worship: Saturday evening, heart preparation, and Sunday morning.

Because God seeks to be worshipped on his own terms, worship should have God as the only audience, it cannot be a form of entertainment and it must have an eternal impact.

How do you draw near to God in a way that you can discover his wonders? This article addresses this question, explaining that true worship is drawing near to God in a mind renewed by the truth of God. It offers some pointers on how to prepare for worship.

Real worship is costly. It will cost personal and corporate worship preparation. It will cost churches tendencies toward a people-pleasing style of leadership. This article (a letter) reflects such a struggle and search for real worship.

This article reflects on the church's worship as an echo of the praise of the heavenly chorus and celebration of Christ's completed and continuing work for us.

This article offers an introduction to and review of the book Worship the Lord.

This article sees a worship service as a rehearsal for heaven. Thus, a church needs to discover what heavenly worship is and then start applying what has been learned in worship on Sunday.

This article stresses that the heart of true biblical worship is the preaching of God's Word. It issues a call for faithful expository preaching, and lists three characteristics of such preaching.

This article is a short reflection on worship as an activity of the people of God that must be approached with utmost seriousness and care.

Worshippers are generally unaware of how much work goes into preparing a good worship service. A well-planned liturgy flows so smoothly that worshippers have no reason or inclination to wonder about its design or designers. Worship itself is all that matters. This article considers three churches' planning for worship.

Public worship is a means of grace. How can you benefit from public worship? This article lists three things.

How do you deal with distractions of the mind during worship? This article looks at three such types and how you can remedy them.

Is there value in showing a video in a worship service in order to press home the truth of the Scriptures? This article shows that God has given the church the sacraments as the Word for our eyes.

Preaching is central to Reformed worship. This article shows that this was at the heart of the Reformation, and it gives three reasons why preaching is important.

Worship that aims at God’s glory will be characterized by solemnity, simplicity, and orderliness. This article explains what this all means.

It is easy for a worship service to be man-centred worship. One aspect where this happens a lot it is through music. How? This article gives three ways in which this can happen through music content, a worship team, and musical performance.

Psalm singing and the regulative principle of worship cannot be separated. This article calls for singing psalms in worship, giving both the historical and biblical grounds for such a call.

Do you think the second service on Sunday is necessary? This article discusses seven reasons for loving the evening service.

Is the evening service becoming a thing of the past? This article answers this question by looking at reasons that contributes to the decline of the second service.

Why do we worship the way we do? This is the question this booklet seeks to answer. It looks at corporate worship from a Presbyterian practice. It examines the principles of worship, preparing for worship, and the elements of liturgy: salutation, prayer, singing, offering, place of sacraments, and the benediction.

What is worship? This article gives an overview of worship from the Garden to the New Jerusalem. It argues that the theology of worship cannot be separated from the practice of worship.

Is there a biblical foundation for the evening service? With a view to Exodus 29:38-46 this article looks at the practice of morning and evening worship throughout the Bible, as well as the practice of it in the early church and Reformation. It outlines the benefits of these services, and calls believers to uphold this practice.

Worship is a response given to God based on who he is as revealed in the Scriptures and through his deeds. This article shows how God ordered worship in the Old and New Testaments.

There are mainly three questions facing the church about worship: In what sense are the Scriptures authoritative for Christian worship? What regulations are proper for Christian worship? What discipline is proper in connection with worship? The Puritans answered these questions by pointing to the essence of worship.

Jesus is King over creation and over his Church. The article discusses how this truth should influence our daily worship of this awesome King.

How does one worship God in "spirit and truth" (John 4:20-26)? This type of worship encompasses all areas of our lives, and involves glorifying God in accordance with His own nature and truth.

What kind of worship is acceptable to God? This article explains why, according to Hebrews 12:18-20, reverence and awe are both important aspects of true worship to God.

This article shows that attending the evening service on the Lord's Day is not simply a matter of personal choice. The second service is important, because in both services we are given a foretaste of glory, are fed from the Word, are prepared for our eternal home, and are encouraged by the Holy Spirit and the fellowship of God's people.

The evening service is crucial to keeping the Lord's Day, since it follows the Old Testament pattern of the morning and evening sacrifice. In addition, it allows more time for the expounding of God's word.

The evening service is important for the church, if it is to live as a family. This article encourages leaders to pursue the practice of holding an evening second service.

Although holding an evening service is not mentioned directly in scripture, it is still a good and recommended practice for keeping the Lord's Day. This article gives reasons why Christians should attend or initiate the second service.

Can you raise your hands during worship service? This article shows that the raising of hands in ancient times was to show attention to, submission to, and dependence upon some deity or authority figure. If it is used in this way during the worship service it is acceptable. Any other usage should be discouraged.

What is worship all about? The theology of worship can best be explained by the practice of worship. This article discusses the pattern and structure of worship in the Old and New Testament, drawing conclusions for worship today.

The regulative principle of worship is based on the conviction that we are to worship God only as He commands. This article shows the basis of this conviction, and discusses what our worship should look like.

What should the worship service be like? This article looks at John Calvin's principles on worship, which state that worship must be God-focused, biblically based, and spiritually simple.

The regulative principle of worship states that God does not only call us to worship him, but also tells us how to worship him. Public worship is regulated by God, and this is where the true freedom of worship lies. This article explains this principle as it appears in the New Testament.

The regulative principle of worship states that God does not only call us to worship him, but also tells us how to worship him. Public worship is regulated by God, and this is where the true freedom of worship lies. This article explains this principle as it is rooted in the Old Testament.

Looking at the covenant of creation and covenant of grace, this article shows how understanding worship within the covenant helps to cure the modern individualistic approach to worship. A covenantal understanding shows that worship is obligatory and that in worship Christ's authority remains final.

Looking at Revelation 5, this article shows how prayer, singing and the congregational amen are vital to Christian worship.

This article looks at the regulative principle and how we should understand this principle today.

This article is about the preparation for worship and the participation in worship.

Some congregations are discovering that the Heidelberg Catechism is good for more than preaching; many churches benefit from its use as a liturgical resource. This article explores possible uses of the Catechism as a liturgical document.

This is a review of the book Introduction to Christian Worship.

This article reflects three views on how the Bible ought to determine our worship.

At times it's healthy for a congregation to pause and reflect on what they do in a worship service. This article wants to facilitate a way for a congregation to reconsider what worship is.

This article considers our worship language: the liturgy and the music. It emphasises that liturgy and music are the most meaningful language we use.

This is a review article of Preaching and Leading Worship, by William H. Willimon. It indicates that Willimon has a balanced approach: he sees the need for appraising and evaluating worship but guards against a craze for novelty. The book provides suggestions for preparing for and conducting worship. Willimon provides guidelines on preaching—on both the preparation and delivery of sermons.

This article gives the historical development of the practice of having two services on the Lord’s Day. It gives reasons why Catechism preaching needs to continue.

The call for liturgical renewal, that worship be more user-friendly, exuberant, and ritualistic is a man-centred call. This article shows why this call is not biblical, defending the Reformed character of worship.

In this article the author chides much of what is called Christian worship today as being empty philosophical notions. The author explores worship based on the examples replete in the biblical text, such as in the Psalter, the Gospels, and other parts of the Bible.

Does it really matter how we worship God? This article comments on the matter through the lens of the account of Cain and Abel in Genesis 4:1-5.

This article looks at Reformed worship. The author defines the nature and characteristics of worship and examines the elements of the liturgy.

This article discusses the regulative principle of worship. God has prescribed how he wants to be worshiped, and our worship is a meeting with God.

The fruit of the reformation in the Netherlands is visible in the changes in the worship service. The reformation resulted in the restoration of the true preaching of God’s word, the use of the Heidelberg Catechism and reformed liturgy, and a change in church singing.

This article is about the relation of liturgy and covenant, and also about the order of worship service. Acts 2:42 is discussed.

Most often in contemporary Christian understanding, worship is considered to be the acts of a local gathering of believers. This article suggests that this is misleading and argues that the Greek word "proskuneo" is never used in the New Testament in the sense of "worship." It is rather an expression of a relationship to the Spirit and truth of Christ, as demonstrated in John 4.

This article shows that Christians can prepare for worship by focusing on God. The author discusses the activity of worship and the importance of dedicating the whole day to God.

Here is provided a vision of evangelical, cross-centred, gospel worship. This is held together with catholic instincts about the ecclesiastic character of worship and charismatic experience of the dynamic of the Spirit in worship.

John Stott is surely one of the most influential evangelical Anglican of the twentieth century. He wrote much on worship but it is one of the more neglected aspects of his theology. Randall here identifies and explores John Stott’s work on worship and discusses worship and the whole person, worship shaped by Scripture, and Trinitarian worship, as well as forms of worship.

Are rituals in themselves wrong? Or are they beneficial? This article maintains that rituals are an important and natural aspect of society, and discusses their significance for the pastor in providing pastoral care.

Atkinson gives us an overview and critique of the alternative worship movement. She outlines its roots and then focuses attention on four of its central characteristics. These characteristics are the concerns for contextualisation, experience, multi-sensory worship and participation.

The author gives five reasons for wearing a robe when the pastor is conducting the worship service.

In the Old Testament Exodus 24 holds a prominent place for understanding the nature and function of worship. In this essay, Hilber considers the exegesis and theology of worship in Exodus 24:1–11.

This article on worship shows by way of Psalm 100 the ways in which the church should worship on Sundays: with joy, gratitude, and sincerity.