What others are saying:

"In most church services the reading of the Word is poorly and hurriedly done. What a missed opportunity! Max's book will help your church restore this neglected worship practice. There's nothing else like it."
Tim Keller
Author, The Reason for God

"Scripture – the Word of God – should be central to our worship experience, and my talented friend Max rightly elevates the importance of reading Scripture."
Chuck Colson
Founder, Prison Fellowship

"One of the strengths of the book is the resources it provides. Packaged with the book is a DVD so you can hear and see examples of what is presented in the pages. This is also accompanied by several chapters in the appendix which are designed for application."
C. E. - Boise, Idaho
Online review


"McLean's concern is to have Christians rediscover the public reading of Scripture in the worship service and to see it as a core part of the ministry of the local church. And in this I could not agree with him more...I would love to see Christians reading this book and allowing McLean to help them rediscover a most important practice. Buy this one and read it yourself. Then pass it to your pastor and ask him to read it too."
Tim Challies
Challies.com

This book-with-DVD set reveals the skills and techniques Max McLean has developed over a 25 year career of speaking the Bible with power and passion. The book and DVD's aim is simple – to show church leaders how to make the scripture reading one of the most powerful segments of every worship service. Written in a style that is straight forward, story-based and culturally relevant, it reveals how your church can have the Bible proclaimed in a way that communicates its life-changing power! This book will inspire you to give the public reading of Scripture its rightful place of prominence in your church.