Worship, Liturgy,
& Music
provided by Rev.
Gregg Strawbridge, Ph.D.
BOOKS RELATED TO WORSHIP & SACRAMENTS
Why We Worship A church brochure explaining a covenant renewal pattern at All Saints' Presbyterian Church.
Worship & Worship Services (book) This book was written over the course of years with many additions and improvements. I argue for a covenant renewal form of worship and address issues such as a theology of worship, exclusive psalmody, use of choirs, instruments, and more.
Case for Covenantal Infant Baptism
(book now available from P&R (see
this link) proposal
accepted for publication), contributors include Brian Chapel, Dan Dorinani, Joel Beeke, Richard Pratt, Cornelius Venema, Joseph
Pipa, Doug Wilson, Randy Booth, Mark Ross, and others.
Not The Steeple: Reviewing
the Blueprint for the Local Church (small book) This is to
provide guidance for those looking for a church.
Infant
Baptism: Does the Bible Teach It? (PDF small book)
Whate'er
My God Ordains: A Biblical Study of God's Control (also
published by the Geneva Institute of Reformed Studies).
Covenantal
Infant Baptism: An Outlined Defense (a study guide)
Baptism
and Church Communion by John Bunyan, edited
for the modern reader by GS. (Audubon Press)
LITURGIES/SERVICES
A
Reformation Celebration: The Five Solas for Reformed
Worship.
Concerts
of Praise: 100 Sample Liturgies from the Psalms (originally for Audubon
Press)
Be Thou My Vision: A Service
of Worship from 1 Peter 2:4-9
ARTICLES RELATED TO WORSHIP
How Sweet
and Awful is the Place: Zion and Congregational Worship for Reformation
and Revival Journal.
Music in the Bible: A Biblical
Theology of Music, for the 50th annual Evangelical
Theological Society meeting, Orlando, FL (1998).
Worship
on the Porch Swing or in the Pew for the Gospel News, January
1998.
Sanctified
Time: Worship on the Lord's Day (with an emphasis on Calvin and Lord's
Day Worship)
Exemplary Psalmody (selected
chapter from Worship and Worship Services)
REVIEWS RELATED TO WORSHIP
A review and report on The
Calvin Symposium on Worship and the Arts (1/14/-15/2000) sponsored
by the Calvin Institute for Worship
for Viewpoint magazine.
A review on The
Worship of the English Puritans by Horton Davies (Soli Deo
Gloria) in the Reformation & Revival Journal (Summer, 1998).
(Forthcoming) a review of The Worship of the American
Puritans by Horton Davies (Soli Deo Gloria).
Miscellaneous Worship/Music Projects
Hymns New Hymn Texts to Old Tunes * New Music to Old Hymn Texts (Mp3)
Selected Recordings (CDs): Psalms from Cantus Christi
The Family Worship Songbook (editor) & The Family Worship Accompaniment Tape (producer) Audubon Press
Recent Arrangements (for Trumpet, Trombone, Piano, Organ): (Write me for copies of the music/manuscripts gs@wordmp3.com)
"Christ the Lord is Risen Today" (arr GS for trumpet/trombone) (the midi file) (the mp3 version)
"Be Thou My Vision" (arr GS for mixed brass - trumpet, cornet, horn, euphonium) (the midi file)