Experiential Worship: Encountering God with Heart, Soul, Mind, and Strength [Paperback]

Bob Rognlien (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: December 16, 2004

"Love the Lord your God with all your heart, soul, mind, and strength" (Mark 12:30) should center our experience of God. From Christ, we learn that biblical worship involves our:

• Volition (heart)
• Emotion (soul)
• Intellect (mind)
• Body (strength)

Experiential Worship shows you how to create a place where worshipers come face-to-face with the Father.

• Indexed for easy reference
• Ideal for churches of all sizes

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From the Back Cover

How do you experience God in worship? Willfully? Emotionally? Intellectually? Physically? If your worship service doesn't involve all of the above, infuse it with a truer form of worship. Bob Rognlien explores how Jesus' Great Commandment, "Love the Lord your God with all your heart, soul, mind, and strength" (Mark 12:30), should center our experience of him. From Christ, we learn that biblical worship involves our: Volition (heart) Emotion (soul) Intellect (mind) Body (strength) Experiential Worship engages myriad aspects of human experience to draw people into a more complete, life-transforming encounter with God. Create a place where worshipers come face-to-face with the Father. Provocative and practical, this book will equip those of diverse backgrounds and churches of all sizes to build life-changing services that change lives for years to come.

About the Author

BOB ROGNLIEN is first and foremost a wholehearted worshiper of Jesus Christ. A graduate of Princeton Theological Seminary, he is the senior pastor of Lutheran Church of the Good Shepherd. Bob, his wife, Pam, and their two sons live in Torrance, California.

Product Details

• Paperback: 240 pages
• Publisher: NavPress (December 16, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1576836630
• ISBN-13: 978-1576836637
• Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 6 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 11.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #380,587 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Insightful first half..., March 29, 2007

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This review is from: Experiential Worship: Encountering God with Heart, Soul, Mind, and Strength (Paperback)

The book gets 4 stars for me because of the value of the insight in the first few chapters of the book. Rognlien goes through Jesus' command to love the Lord your God with all your heart, soul, mind, and strenght - linking each one to their value in worship.

The first three chapters are the most signficant. It is here he lays the groundwork theologically for the rest of his book. However, as the chapters go by the book gets weaker as it becomes a manual of ideas that worked for his church. I tend to shy away from this type of approach in books, so the latter half didn't contain as much value as the first half of the book.

Overall a worthwhile read, even if only for the first few chapters as it gets you to think in a way you haven't before.

10 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good Resource on Worship, September 17, 2005

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David R. Bess (Charleston, WV) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Experiential Worship: Encountering God with Heart, Soul, Mind, and Strength (Paperback)

This book focuses on engaging the body, mind, heart and will in a total worship experience. Regardless of our worship heritage, I am confident this title will in some way broaden our horizons when it comes to worship. The points made here by Rognlien don't really conform to any particular worship tradition. Instead, his comments transcend worship traditions, drawing upon the best of several and offering fresh new insights as well.

This title would definitely be helpful to a minister of worship or a worship leader.

5.0 out of 5 stars Worship evaluation, December 19, 2010

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Rand - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Experiential Worship: Encountering God with Heart, Soul, Mind, and Strength (Paperback)

This book is being used in a small task force at our church to help us evaluate worship. Rognlein is direct in his approach to worshiping God fully focusing on Him and yet understanding that people experience God in different ways. I recommend this book for those who are looking at how worship can be God centered and how people can experience God more fully in a worship service.