D. PETERSON, Engaging with God: A Biblical Theology of Worship
The term 'worship' is often identified with religious activities, such as going to church or singing hymns and songs. Scripture encourages a genuine relationship with God, grounded in a life of personal praise and prayer.
In this book, Peterson states that worship cannot be defined on the simple observation that the English word 'worship' derives from 'to attribute worth', suggesting that worship is ascribing to God supreme worth. In leading the reader throughout the Old Testament - and the fact that some worship was deemed unacceptable or offensive to God - and the New Testament - in which writers implied that tere are attitudes or activities that do not please God - Peterson gives us key worship terms used in both testaments that can help in a general understanding of the whole theme or doctrine of worship. Worship is not only our response to God, but acceptable worship is a matter of responding in the way that God requires to his initiative in salvation and revelation.
David Peterson's book is therefore no how-t-do-it book, rather a study based on the hypothesis that the worship of the living and true God is essentially an engagement with him on the terms that he proposes and in the way that he alone makes possible.
David Peterson is the principal at Oak Hill Theological College in London.
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