{"id":782,"date":"2011-06-30T18:30:29","date_gmt":"2011-06-30T22:30:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jdackerman.com\/miscellany\/?p=782"},"modified":"2011-06-30T16:20:38","modified_gmt":"2011-06-30T20:20:38","slug":"psalms-hymns-and-spiritual-songs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jdackerman.com\/miscellany\/2011\/06\/30\/psalms-hymns-and-spiritual-songs\/","title":{"rendered":"Psalms, Hymns and Spiritual Songs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Kevin DeYoung has added two posts to his <a href=\"http:\/\/thegospelcoalition.org\/blogs\/kevindeyoung\/\" target=\"_blank\">blog<\/a> on <a href=\"http:\/\/thegospelcoalition.org\/\">The Gospel Coalition<\/a> blog site\u00a0regarding the music used in churches. \u00a0If you&#8217;re at all interested in the subject, they&#8217;re very good reading. \u00a0He&#8217;s titled it &#8220;Ten Principles for Church Song&#8221; and it comes in two parts, five principles each.<\/p>\n<p>The first five are <a href=\"http:\/\/thegospelcoalition.org\/blogs\/kevindeyoung\/2011\/06\/28\/ten-principles-for-church-song-part-1\/\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>. \u00a0The quote below is taken from this post.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>I imagine the Apostle Paul, if he were writing to the church today, might have something to say about our worship style.\u00a0 \u201cIf I sing in style of the hippest music, but have not love, I am only a banging drum or a strumming guitar.\u00a0 If I have a gift for reading music and enjoy the richest hymns, but have not love, I am nothing.\u00a0 If I am discerning of excellent music and fine poetry, but have not love, I gain nothing.\u201d The first principle for singing as a congregation and choosing music for the congregation is love.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The second five can be found <a href=\"http:\/\/thegospelcoalition.org\/blogs\/kevindeyoung\/2011\/06\/30\/ten-principles-for-church-singing-part-2\/\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>, for the total of 10. \u00a0I&#8217;m not sure why everybody has to do a top 10 list &#8211; maybe we should thank Moses for that.<\/p>\n<p>Read both blogs, and then tell me what you think.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kevin DeYoung has added two posts to his blog on The Gospel Coalition blog site\u00a0regarding the music used in churches. \u00a0If you&#8217;re at all interested in the subject, they&#8217;re very good reading. \u00a0He&#8217;s titled it &#8220;Ten Principles for Church Song&#8221; and it comes in two parts, five principles each. 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