Counterfeit Worship

John Knox thundered against the inventions that had overcome the church in his day. We need his voice today, because what happened in Knox s day has happened in modern times. This book is divided in three sections: In the first section, Scott Brown will explain the historical importance of Knox s voice today. In the second section, Kevin Reed will describe the riveting unfolding drama of Knox s message and the personalities and institutions of the day. Then, in the final section, you will find the famous text of John Knox s treatise regarding idolatry in worship.

Scott T. Brown is the president of Church and Family Life and pastor at Hope Baptist Church in Wake Forest, North Carolina. Scott graduated from California State University in Fullerton with a degree in History and received a Master of Divinity degree from Talbot School of Theology. He gives most of his time to local pastoral ministry, expository preaching, conferences on church and family reformation. Scott helps people think through the two greatest institutions God has provided the church and the family.

Kevin Bruce Reed (born May 9, 1955) is an American Presbyterian author, theologian, and publisher. Reed grew up in Dallas, Texas, and attended the Richardson, Texas public schools. He left Dallas in August 1973, to attend Moody Bible Institute, in Chicago, Illinois, where he graduated with a diploma in Bible and theology in 1976. He later studied at the University of Texas at Dallas, where he graduated with a B.A. in English. Reed publishes through Presbyterian Heritage Publications, of Dallas. He has written extensively on Presbyterian worship practices, especially on the regulative principle of worship. Some of his books on worship include Biblical Worship and Biblical Church Government. He has also been instrumental in reprinting classic Reformed authors such as John Knox and Samuel Miller.

John Knox (1514-1572) was one of the leaders of the Reformation who was particularly influential in igniting reforms within churches across Scotland. The regent of Scotland, declared the following about Knox in his eulogy: "There lies he, who never feared the face of man."