Leading in Worship: A Sourcebook for Presbyterian Students and Ministers Drawing Upon the Biblical and Historic Forms of the Reformed Tradition Review

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Leading in Worship: A Sourcebook for Presbyterian Students and Ministers Drawing Upon the Biblical and Historic Forms of the Reformed Tradition ReviewJohnson's handbook, though a tad expensive, is an excellent contribution to the reformed pastor's worship library. It delivers exactly what it promises - a sourcebook of biblical and historic material to enable todays pastor to conduct a worship service "reformed according to scripture".
Included in the material are a modern rendering (and brief history) of the collects from the 1689 "Liturgy of Comprehension" - a noble though failed attempt to return the presbyterians to the fold of the Church of England by responding to historic concerns about the Book of Common Prayer.
Other historic contributions from Richard Baxter's Savoy liturgy and others round out the work and compliment Rev. Johnson's discussion of reformed liturgics.
Unlike Hugh Old's books, this is not primarily a history for students but a working manual for the practitioner. It is also vastly different from .The Worship Sourcebook sold with it atop the page as a "package" deal. I believe people will tend to gravitate towards one or the other. The "Worship Sourcebook" though huge arguably does not contain as much practical information as Johnson's smaller manual. Perhaps that's just because this smaller manual is easier to navigate and does not try to produce a range of material for the church year. Nor does Johnson's manual seem to cater to those loving soft and warm turns of phrase.Leading in Worship: A Sourcebook for Presbyterian Students and Ministers Drawing Upon the Biblical and Historic Forms of the Reformed Tradition Overview

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Doctrine of God (Students Reformed Theological Library) Review

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Doctrine of God (Students Reformed Theological Library) ReviewBavinck's Doctrine of God is richly informative, very detailed, and difficult to read. I give it 4 stars because Bavinck is both thorough in his handling of the material, well-organized (the material is laid out within an outline format) and of course thoroughly scriptural.
As negatives go, Bavinck often quotes writers and theologians who are obscure today, as if the reader had a good, workable knowledge of their material. This can often leave the reader bewildered as to the argument the quoted writer was making, with no opportunity to read the original materials.
Bavinck breaks down the Doctrine of God into 7 categories: God's Incomprehensibility, God's Knowability, God's Names, God's Incommunicable Attributes, God's Communicable Attributes, The Holy Trinity, and God's Counsel. Each of these of course is further subdivided in a logical format. Note that in the Dutch original, God's Names came after God's Incommunicable Attributes, and the editor does not give any rational for the change.
The last chapter on God's Counsel is the real gem of this work, and Bavinck's treatment of election is a gripping read, demonstrating God's love and forethought of His creatures. His treatment of the supra/infra-lapsarian debate should also be consulted by any who wish to avoid these errors.
The hardback itself is of good quality and mine has held up well over its first reading, although it is rather unremarkable (in fact it looks almost identical to Berkhof's Systematic Theology also published by Banner of Truth).
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