What Language Shall I Borrow?: The Bible and Christian Worship

by Ronald P. Byars

Book Overview

What language is most appropriate for worship? Should it lean toward the colloquial, perhaps targeting those attending a worship service for the first time? Or should it be a language with deeper roots, the language of a community that, for the most part, already loves the God to whom worship is offered?

Ronald Byars argues that the communal speech that truly honors God is, in fact, biblical language, which encompasses a vast range of forms...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0802840140
• ISBN13: 9780802840141
• Release Date: January 2008
• Publisher: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company
• Length: 202 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.3" x 9.0"