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Trinitarian Worship

One of the remarkable features of Christian theology in recent years is the resurgence of interest in the doctrine of the Trinity. One of the persistent features of this literature is the observation that Trinitarian theology has considerable implications for Christian worship. This section explores some of those implications.

Featured Articles
The Trinitarian DNA of Christian Worship: Perennial Themes in Recent Theological Literature
John D. Witvliet
Yale Institute of Sacred Music Colloquium Journal

Don't Lose the Trinity! A Plea to Songwriters (www.asburyblog.net)
Lester Ruth
Asbury Theological Seminary

Contemporary Worship Music Matures
Vital Worship feature story on how theologically serious song writers are acknowledging Father, Son, and Holy Spirit in contemporary songs that unite head and heart.

Trinity (www.worshipleader.com)
Matt Redman
Worship Leader magazine

Trinity Matters: The Trinity Needs to be Named Regularly in our Worship (Reformed Worship)
Diane Strickland

Prayer of the Trinity (www.ntwrightpage.com)
N.T. Wright
sermon on expanding the historical "Jesus prayer" to be Trinitarian

Q&A: The Importance of Trinity Sunday (Reformed Worship)
John Witvliet

Related Articles
Leading Trinitarian Worship (www.insideworship.com)
Bert Waggoner

Making Our Worship More Trinitarian (www.rootsonline.org)
Robin Parry

What Ever Happened to the Father? The Jesus Heresy in Modern Worship (http://gbod.org)
Susan J. White

The Extravagance of Trinitarian Faith (www.duke.edu)
William Willimon

Audio Clips
Christian Worship as Trinitarian
John D. Witvliet

Book Chapters
A More Profound Alleluia, chapter 1: "The Opening of Worship: Trinity," by John D. Witvliet

Book-length Studies
The Doctrine of the Trinity and the Theology and Practice of Christian Worship in the Reformed Tradition
by John D. Witvliet
available in the Calvin College Hekman Library

Books
Worship, Community and the Triune God of Grace [publisher's link / Amazon link / review]
by James B. Torrance

Worshipping Trinity: Coming Back to the Heart of Worship [publisher's link / Amazon link / article]
by Robin Parry

Worship Services
The Trinity Who Cares (2 Corinthians 13:14)

God in Three Persons: A Service of Hymns and Readings (Reformed Worship)

God in Three Persons: Four Week Series on the Trinity (Reformed Worship)

We Believe: Service Based on the Nicene Creed (Reformed Worship)

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