Tag Archives: Missing More Than Music

Instrumental Music: Justin Martyr and the Instrument

Just a quick post to make the readers aware of a recent post by Danny Corbitt, author of Missing More Than Music: When Disputable Matters Eclipse Worship and Unity, dealing with the claim made by many, going back for centuries, … Continue reading

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Instrumental Music: A Parallel Argument

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

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

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

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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