Tag Archives: Instrumental music

Instrumental Music: An Experiment in Christian Dialogue

Posted on March 13, 2010 by Jay F Guin

So it’s been a long, hard week. It’s been encouraging to have 50 or 60 comments a day — I mean, I remember when getting just one spam comment was cause for rejoicing! But, man, it’s hard to keep up … Continue reading →

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Instrumental Music: An Email re “Upgrading a Worship Service Without Buying a Guitar”

Posted on February 4, 2010 by Jay F Guin

One of the most popular posts on this blog is “Upgrading a Worship Service Without Buying a Guitar.” I received the following email earlier today about that post, and I thought I might reply to it here, so that others … Continue reading →

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Reruns: Adding Fried Chicken to the Lord’s Supper

Posted on December 26, 2009 by Jay F Guin

Posted on March 8, 2007 It’s often been said that if we could add instruments to our singing, then we could add fried chicken to the Lord’s Supper. But I’ve been doing some reading, and it seems that the early … Continue reading →

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Replanting a Church: Worship

Posted on November 24, 2009 by Jay F Guin

We are working through an article by Scott Thomas on replanting an existing church, that is, renewing a church so that it grows and matures as a church plant does. After pointing out the need for a new vision, he … Continue reading →

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Instrumental Music: A Parallel Argument

Posted on September 5, 2009 by Jay F Guin

I get emails — One of the most popular arguments against instrumental music is that “the only thing that instruments have brought to worship” is division.  The person I’m discussing this with has 4 points, and I know that Corbitt … Continue reading →

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Instrumental Music: Missing More Than Music by Danny Corbitt, Psallo and Such Like

Posted on July 7, 2009 by Jay F Guin

In chapter 9 of Missing More Than Music: When Disputable Matters Eclipse Worship and Unity, Danny Corbitt disassembles the psallo argument — thoroughly. Corbitt finds six different Greek words used for “sing” in the New Testament, and not a one … Continue reading →

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Instrumental Music: Missing More Than Music by Danny Corbitt, The Patristics

Posted on July 6, 2009 by Jay F Guin

In chapters 4 and 5 of Missing More Than Music: When Disputable Matters Eclipse Worship and Unity, Danny Corbitt argues — Written opposition (from the church fathers) to any instruments in any setting was born in the third century, almost … Continue reading →

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Instrumental Music: Missing More Than Music by Danny Corbitt, Introduction

Posted on July 4, 2009 by Jay F Guin

Thanks to Tim Archer’s post of a few days ago, I’ve been reading Danny Corbitt’s Missing More Than Music: When Disputable Matters Eclipse Worship and Unity available from Amazon or as a free .pdf download. Corbitt is a former campus … Continue reading →

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Conversation with Robert Prater (but with Rich, really): Stages of Faith, from the Comments

Posted on June 22, 2009 by Jay F Guin

Rich wrote, with considerable insight, that there are four stage of maturity for a Christian — Stage One: called Borrowed Faith This is typical for a new Christian whose main objective is to mimic the faith of the most influential … Continue reading →

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Instrumental Music: The Patristic Evidence and the Regulative Principle, Part 2

Posted on May 31, 2009 by Jay F Guin

How, then, do we explain the absence of instruments in the early church? And it is highly likely that the early church did not use instruments. My own view is that the early church took its form of worship from … Continue reading →

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