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Someone messaged me after my music post on 𝐀𝐦𝐚𝐳𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐆𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐞 (thank you). It was about whether Amazing Grace is a 𝐟𝐢𝐭𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐑𝐞𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐞𝐝 𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩. This may be a triggering question, but it is relevant. Our elders evaluate songs for worship; 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐀𝐦𝐚𝐳𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐆𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐞 if the Synod …

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Christmas is an interesting time. The biblical truth and human imagination are mixed into a sweet punch. In our Christmas Day sermon, we heard about “We Three Kings” that Scripture does not refer to the wise men as “kings” and that their number is unknown. Is it bad to sing …

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In my study, I have to read a lot about Psalm singing. It is familiar to the Reformed churches, but Psalm singing is foreign to most North American churches. Singing Scriptural songs is counter-cultural. I can’t use all I read, but sometimes I see interesting stuff. “The psalms call for …

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Sometimes, people tell me that worship should be praise to God. Most Sundays, we start corporate worship with jubilant praise. But often, our minds are not with it, no matter how much praise there is, because our hearts are troubled. Keith and Kristyn Getty write about why we need to …

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“The problem also arises from the congregation’s lack of instruction in the liturgy, so that the worshippers fail to understand the relationship of the various components of the service, even when these components might be well selected and in a proper sequence. “ If not, that’s exactly the problem!! “Expressing …

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Dr. Richard Joiner, a retired Baptist music professor, makes the following observation about Psalm singing in the past, worship in the present time, and the impact of a return to Psalm singing. “Our Psalm singing since the days of the early church and the days of post-Reformation Baptists has gone …

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Every Sunday, God’s people gather. On the first day of the week, there is a meeting between God and his people. Many fellow students in my classes at Liberty University are of the Free Church tradition. As a result, we spent much time discovering what worship is. When worship leaders …

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Sometimes worship is considered our contribution: it is what we offer God, and we can determine what that is. Comments about worship may relate to what we think about the worship service or our view on worship. Different views on worship even led to churches going separate ways… Oliphant Old …

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