Has anyone read this book yet?

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~Greg Carpenter~
Deerfield Beach, FL

"It is a throne of grace that God in Christ is represented to us upon; but yet it is a throne still whereon majesty and glory do reside, and God is always to be considered by us as on a throne." –John Owen

Some, but not all of it.

It is good.

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Fredrick T. Greco
Senior Pastor, Christ Church PCA (Katy, TX)
Christ Church Blog

"The heart is the main thing in true religion...It is the hinge and turning-point in the condition of man's soul. If the heart is alive to God and quickened by the Spirit, the man is a living Christian. If the heart is dead and has not the Spirit, the man is dead before God." (J.C. Ryle)

It is an excellent book. It is one of the books we give to elders in our church to supplement their elder training.

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Joe Holland
Associate Pastor
First Presbyterian Church
Kosciusko, MS
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Mining Grace

Nope, but I have heard good things about it.

I may buy it because of the emphasis upon preaching, family and personal worship.

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Daniel Ritchie
Saintfield, Northern Ireland - Queen's University, Belfast:History/Politics
Member of Dromara Reformed Presbyterian Church of Ireland (Covenanter)

Give Praise to God is a wonderful book which contains many a good chapter on such issues as family worship, the sacraments, expository preaching, pastoral prayer, etc. etc. I personally think that Ligon Duncan's first few chapters on the regulative principle are priceless. The problem with this particular book lies in its distaste for exclusive Psalmody (see the end of Derek Thomas' chapter) and its propensity towards adopting a more Lutheran conception of musical forms. Paul Jones' chapter on hymnody celebrates Luther's liturgical reforms as the most consistently Biblical and reformational approach to song in the corporate worship of God. This leads to a fervent defense of historic hymnody and, in the tradition of Luther, a defense of musical instrumentation in the corporate worship setting. This isn't surprising in light of the fact that Jones is both an organist and a hymn writer. Anyway, the book is definitely good, but not the best on the subject. It aptly reflects the kind of nominally inconsistent regulativism which plauges contemporary Reformed and Presbyterian communions. It embraces a distinctly Lutheran/Anglican understanding of hymnody and instrumentation. Yet it beautifully sets forth many aspects of historic Reformed worship confessionally and Biblically. I think its worth the read.

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Jordan Harris
Dickson City, PA
Faith Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church (ARP)
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