Christians learn to worship from the generations of God's people who have worshipped before them. We sing Psalms because thousands of years ago God's people sang them. Five hundred years ago the leaders of the Reformation transformed Christian worship by restoring the active participation and understanding of the individual worshipper, and worship today is built on that foundation.

Jonathan Gibson and Mark Earngey have made those liturgies accessible: twenty-six of them, each with a historical introduction offering fresh analysis of its origins. The result is less an anthology than a set of working tools for pastors and worship leaders who want to craft services in the great tradition of the early Reformers. Hardcover.