16 min

A Handful of Hard Notes: Five Historic Questions about Music Essays for King Jesus

    • Christianity

“We know we should sing, but what kind of song is most appropriate in public worship?”  James S. Martin helps us think about five main questions that have plagued discussions about congregational singing over the centuries. He does not attempt to build theological bulwarks around a particular singing style. “If the musicians among us drink deeply and work with integrity and discipline, new songs will arise in wonderful offerings of sound and sense”

“We know we should sing, but what kind of song is most appropriate in public worship?”  James S. Martin helps us think about five main questions that have plagued discussions about congregational singing over the centuries. He does not attempt to build theological bulwarks around a particular singing style. “If the musicians among us drink deeply and work with integrity and discipline, new songs will arise in wonderful offerings of sound and sense”

16 min