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pt. 1. Corporate worship. Sermon in song : sacred music as proclamation -- Sacred music as prayer -- Applause : for whom are you clapping? -- A biblical case for instruments in worship -- King David's praise team -- Leading in worship as accompanist -- Authenticity in corporate worship music -- Service music : what's it all about? -- pt. 2. Hymnody and psalmody. Trinitarian hymnody -- Hymns in your church -- What Psalm ascriptions tell us -- Writing hymns -- Song in the Bible -- Biblical hymns of James Montgomery Boice -- Why every Christian should sing -- pt. 3. Issues. Choir for hire : should church musicians be paid? -- What does a biblical music director look like? -- Teaching children music at church -- Music in the small church : where do we go from here? -- So you want a better organ -- Luther and bar song : the truth please! -- Misconceptions about church music -- What happened to hymns? -- Musical ignorance versus musical arrogance -- pt. 4. Composers and composition. J.S. Bach and musical hermeneutics : Bach, the evangelical composer/preacher, Lessons from Bach -- Heinrich Schütz : a hermeneutical composer -- Felix Mendelssohn's Psalm settings -- Evidence of Igor Stravinsky's faith: the Symphony of Psalms -- The anatomy of a hymn tune -- Criteria for good church music -- Conclusion : three principles that would change church music today.

This book includes thirty-three provocative essays on corporate worship, hymnody and psalmody, issues, and composers and composition. It explores scripture teaching on the role of music in the church. This volume exists because it contains ideas that every worshiper (pastor and layperson) and Christian musician (performer and academic) may benefit from reading, since it is entirely possible to live in the subculture of the evangelical church without encountering some of them. - Publisher.

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