Prizing Public Worship

Public worship has fallen on hard times. In our individualized age, there is little we value doing communally, especially when there is an alternative that can be tailor-fit for our personal wants and preferences. Thankfully, David Clarkson helps us understand the superior privilege of public worship and the responsibilities believers have as they engage in it. He compellingly argues that the glory of God demands the corporate worship of His people. Moreover, public worship is not simply something we should do; it is something we should love. Read this book and learn to prize the ordinary means of grace as God's precious gifts to His people.

Contents

Preface

Part 1: The Primacy of Public Worship

1. God Loves the Gates of Zion
2. Why God Prefers Public Worship to Private
3. Why We May Not Love Corporate Worship
4. Reproving Two Errors
5. Spiritual Helps to Prioritizing Public Worship

Part 2: Profiting from Public Worship

Chapter 6: Practices to Inhabit
Chapter 7: Pitfalls to Avoid

Part 3: Hearing the Word

Chapter 8: Hearing and Hearing Well
Chapter 9: Impediments for Not Hearing Well
Chapter 10: Directions for Hearing Well