13 Best Christian Books on Worship You Should Read

Bob Kauflin is a worship leader, songwriter, and author. In this book, he explores the biblical foundations of God-honoring worship and provides practical guidance on how to lead and take part in worship. He emphasizes the importance of heartfelt worship that glorifies God and transforms lives.

Worship Matters is an excellent resource for anyone who leads worship or wants to deepen their understanding of worship. Kauflin shares practical insights and biblical principles that can help us lead others in worship and encounter God’s greatness. Appropriate for Christians from varied backgrounds and for various denominations.

In this book, respected worship leader and songwriter Matt Redman shares his own journey of rediscovering the heart of worship. He encourages readers to cultivate a lifestyle of worship and to approach worship with humility, passion, and awe.

This book is a comprehensive guide for (worship) pastors, worship leaders, and worship teams. Hicks explores the theology of worship, the role of the worship pastor, and practical strategies for leading worship that honors God and engages the congregation.

Modern worship leaders inherited a model of leadership that equates leading worship with being a rock star. But leading worship is more than a performance, it’s more than singing worship songs or creating beautiful church music. It’s about shaping souls and making disciples. Every worship leader is really a pastor.

This book features contributions from four leading pastors and theologians who share their perspectives on worship. Each author explores a different aspect of worship, including the role of church music, the importance of liturgy, and the role of the Word of God in worship.

Worship By The Book offers pastors, congregational leaders, and seminary students a thought-provoking biblical theology of worship, followed by a look at how three unique traditions of churchmanship might move from this theological base to a better understanding of corporate worship. From biblical theology to historical perspective, all the way to sample service sheets, it shows how local churches in diverse traditions can foster corporate worship that is God-honoring, Word-revering, heartfelt, and historically and culturally informed.

John Piper is a well-known pastor, author, and theologian. He argues that the ultimate goal of worship is to delight in God and enjoy Him forever. He shows how our worship should be motivated by a deep love for God and a desire to glorify Him in all things.

While not strictly a book on worship, Desiring God is a classic Christian book that explores the relationship between joy and worship. Constantly drawing on God’s Word to build his case, Piper shows why pursuing maximum joy is essential to glorifying God.

What does the gathered church actually do on Sundays? And how does that connect with what we do the rest of the week?

Vaughan Roberts is a pastor and author from the UK. He examines the nature of true worship and how it relates to our daily lives. He shows how worship is not just a Sunday activity but a way of life that involves our whole being. This book challenges us to worship God every day of the week, with all our heart, mind, soul, and strength.

A book with the same name as #6! True worship is defined in John 4:22-24!

How is God to be worshipped? In modern society, people have various ways of worshipping God, whether it is done together or alone. God should be the object and consumer of worship. God’s Word is given to us and governs us in our worship of him.

True Worship explores what biblical worship of the triune God is and why it is crucial in our time and for all time.

In this powerful book about worship, we can find Tozer’s thoughts on what it really means to praise and honor the Lord. He exposes how many believers have unknowingly adopted a shallow, cultural view of worship.

Through the study of Scripture, he uncovers God’s character and its influence on our worship and relationship with him.

Mike Cosper is a pastor, author, and musician. In this book, he ultimately answers the question: What is worship? Is it singing? A church service? All of life? He explores the connection between worship and the rhythms of our daily lives. He shows how worship can be a way of centering ourselves on God and finding meaning and purpose in our everyday activities.

Helping Christians think more theologically about the nature of true worship, Rhythms of Grace shows how the gospel is all about worship and worship is all about the story of the gospel.

What happens when we praise God? Holy Roar provides a unique view of worship by examining ancient worship practices. In the Psalms, seven Hebrew words are translated into the English word praise, each of which represents a different aspect of what it means to truly praise God.

This essential guide will help you grow an understanding of praise and deeper insight into how to worship. Holy Roar is for readers of all ages interested in growing their faith, pastors, worship leaders, and small group teachers. Chris Tomlin shares how those insights take shape in the stories behind some of his worship songs.

Torrance’s work, filled with pastoral guidance and anecdotes, and grounded in Scripture and theology, demonstrates the significance of genuine Trinitarian theology to Christian confession.

This book on worship sets our worship, sacraments, communion and language of God back on track. Through the Spirit, worship is the gift of sharing in the Son’s communion with the Father.

Many grapple today with what the ‘proper’ style of church music should be and, sadly, it becomes a worship war. People use Bible verses to defend their stance and fight each other with their opinions about the best ways to worship.

This book addresses the concerns of Christians and churches regarding the style and genre of worship music. It is a biblical guide to worship music spanning early church history to the present day; providing clear, concise guidelines, Biblical principles, and practical tips.

This is a practical piano/vocal/guitar artist songbook. Features all 11 songs from the 2010 CD by this acclaimed Christian artist.

The touching film I Believe is based on another of his books, I Still Believe: A Memoir. Jeremy shares his journey of finding hope and healing through life’s toughest moments and the songs that came from his journey that have inspired a generation.