The Dangerous Act of Worship by Mark Labberton

The Dangerous Act of Worship by Mark Labberton

What's at stake in our worship? Everything. Worship is the dangerous act of waking up to God and God's purposes in the world. But something has gone wrong with our worship. Too often worship has become a place of safety and complacency, a narrowly private experience in which solitary individuals only express their personal adoration. Even when we gather corporately, we often close our eyes to those around us, focusing on God but ignoring our neighbor. But true biblical worship does not merely point us upward--it should turn us outward as well. In this prophetic wake-up call for the contemporary church, pastor Mark Labberton reconnects Christian worship with biblical justice. From beginning to end, worship must pursue justice and seek righteousness, translating into transformed lives that care for the poor and the oppressed. Labberton shows how to move beyond the comfort of safe worship to authentic worship that is awake to the needs of the world.

Fuller Theological Seminary's president, Mark Labberton, hails from Pasadena, California. He was previously the director of the Lloyd John Ogilvie Institute for Preaching and the Lloyd John Ogilvie Chair for Preaching. Previous to that, Labberton served as senior pastor of Berkeley's First Presbyterian Church. He was the chair of John Stott Ministries for a while. As a senior fellow of the International Justice Mission, he continues to contribute to the global church's mission. The Deadly Act of Loving Your Neighbor and The Dangerous Act of Worship are his books.

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ISBN 13	9780830834143
ISBN 10	0830834141
Title	The Dangerous Act of Worship
Author	Mark Labberton
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	InterVarsity Press
Year published	2012-10-31
Number of pages	200
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