The Dangerous Act of Worship | Mark Labberton
Mark Labberton. The Dangerous Act of Worship: Living God’s Call to Justice. IVP, 2007. 198 pp.
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.
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joannehaney
I am currently reading Pastor Mark Labberton’s book The Dangerous Act of Worship. I am loving it. You have my e-mail address. Could you please pass it on to the pastor? There is something I need to ask him. God Bless you IVP. I am also familar with International Justice Mission. God Bless all. I just became a member of The IVP family. I am enjoying the book and also learning as the Lord leads.
Oct 12th, 2009 8:09 pm