The Divine Progression

So, my progress through this book is only to chapter 3. Still, I am aided by some of its insights. In particular, the thought that thanksgiving is a natural lead-in to praise. The necessity of thanksgiving in the Christian life was born down on me through a study of Romans, in which in one of the earlier chapters thanklessness is mentioned as one of the characteristics of the ungodly. I have a lot to be thankful for, and this book reminded me to do it. McMinn notes that thanks is often for the physical, for the this-worldy things that the Lord provides. Praise would perhaps be for the intangible, theoretical, principle-wise things. We'll see - I haven't arrived at that point in the progression yet.

So what are your thoughts on the book, on worship, on music? I'm curious to know. We don't all just get to sit around and talk about these things, so I thought a blog might meet that need.

KMM