The Successor to the LBW

The next hymnal, Renewing Worship, is the point effort for what the ELCA is to become. Below is a series of essays on the subject of hymnals and liturgy or rather of what they should be from an Evangelical Lutheran point of view.

• Evangelical Worship Defined by Dr. Steven Paulson
• Preserve Lutheran worship, says Prof. Oliver Olson
• Lutheran hymnals should be Scriptural and catechical by Prof. Gracia Grindal
• What is a Lutheran hymn? by Prof. Gracia Grindal

Other issues raised in the series

• On Altar placement

Now, contrast that with the assumptions the next hymnal is based on (PDF).