Gore Jr., R. J. Convenantal Worship: Reconsidering the Puritan Regulative Principle. New Jersey: P & R Publishing, 2002.

Every once in a while I try to read a book that will help me think about hermeneutical issues. The Regulative Principle of Worship (RPW) is one of those issues. While I believe that worship must be according to Scripture, all kinds of hermeneutical questions start popping into my head when I read what confessions like the Westminster Standards have to say about the regulation of worship, and how they use the bible to back it up. In his foreword to this book, John Frame, after pointing out a few areas where he differs from the author, says: “we both want to say that Scripture must direct our worship, but that Scripture must be read according to sound hermeneutics.” I couldn’t agree more. Read more »