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Beginning was quite dry but about midway, Block really startrs to ramp in the OT/NT connection and its quite masterful. Best not to read this at 1 am like I am doing currently.

Note: Despite being a Westminster required reading in BT of Worship, it advocates for believers baptism quite impactfully.

“North American Christians find it dificult to accept that expressions of protest or puzzlement in the face of tragic experiences are legitimate acts of worship. But people in the two-thirds world, who are culturally much closer to ancient Israelites than Western urbanites, understand these prayers”. (Page 209)

“Although the line between consuming ourselves with work and working to our full capacity as stewards of God is fine, we need to work like an ox and relax like a lily. That is the challenge of work as worship.”

-Interesting quote from the chapter, “Family life and work as worship.”

So many good quotes so far..

Reading for a class. The preface was interesting!