Martin considers the theological rationale for several elements of worship--including praise, prayer, hymns, the offering, creedal confession, the sermon, and the sacraments--in an attempt to relate worship to the concerns, interests, and needs of men and women in today's world.

One of the 1998 Academy of Parish Clergy Top Ten Books of the Year Voted one ofChristianity Today's 1998 Books of the Year 1998 ECPA Gold Medallion (Reference Works) The third of IVP's critically acclaimed series of dictionaries of the New Testament provides focused study on the often-neglected portions of the New Testament: Acts, Hebrews, the General Epistles and Revelation. Furthermore, its scope goes beyond the life of the New Testament church to include the work of the apostolic fathers and early Christianity up through the middle of the second century. TheDictionary of the...