Summary

We’re living in a time when there is a manifest crisis of worship in the church. It’s almost as if we’re in the midst of a rebellion among people who find church less than meaningful. They’re bored.
- R.C. Sproul

This “bored” state has provoked many disputes over the nature of worship. In A Taste of Heaven, R.C. Sproul examines the key components of prayer, praise, and sacrifices that God gave to His people in the Old Testament. He shows how biblical principles can guide today’s worshipers, for the Lord has designed worship to give His people a taste of heaven. 

In A Taste of Heaven, R.C. Sproul’s signature work, The Holiness of God, has found its true companion. To grasp God’s weightiness is also to recognize the sanctity of worship. If Christians will read and digest A Taste of Heaven, we will have taken an important step toward the reformation of today’s church. Anyone who wishes to draw near to God acceptably, with reverence and awe, will be inspired and helped by this engaging and important book. 
—Richard D. Phillips, Senior pastor, First Presbyterian Church, Margate, Florida 

R.C. Sproul has done it again. He has tackled the touchy subject of worship in a provocative and creative way that will shake up the complacent and force the thoughtful to think again. Holiness and reverence have all too often departed from our churches without anyone noticing, and this wake-up call could not be more timely. Read this book, get annoyed at it, and then take its lessons to heart- it will change your life. 
—Dr. Gerald Bray, Research Professor, Beeson Divinity School, Birmingham, Ala. 

Two Sproul trademarks run all the way through this helpful new book on worship. First, his language is so absolutely clear, even though he’s treating weighty subject matter. Second, his tone is so amiable, even though he’s treating controversial issues. The church at large will be helped not just by his content- which is critically important these days- but by his style as well.
—Joel Belz, Founder, World Magazine

Too often modern worship wars in the church begin after the battle as lost. We argue over what works without rightly establishing the proper goal. Here Dr. Sproul reminds us not only what worship is for, that God would be glorifi ed, but what we are for, worship. Not a polemic against contemporary worship this book is instead an invitation to taste the depths of the glory of God.
—R.C. Sproul Jr.

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