Category Archives: Instrumental Music

New Wineskins: A Thought Experiment on Sola Scriptura and the Historical Argument, Part 2

What writings claim to be apostolic traditions? There are some writings that claim to be preserved oral teachings of the apostles. For example, there is the Didache (“Teachings”), dated around 100 AD, which begins, The Lord’s Teaching Through the Twelve … Continue reading

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New Wineskins: A Series of Comments re Instrumental Music and the Mission of God

I wrote a long series of comments over at the New Wineskins issue on instrumental music I’m the editor for. The comments aren’t too long for a post, just for comments — and the 3,000 character limit at New Wineskins … Continue reading

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New Wineskins: Three More Articles Posted, The Rest of the Interview with Rick Atchley and Chris Seidman and Another Article by Me

The first nine articles in the New Wineskins series on instrumental music have now been posted — The complete list is — Introduction — The Instrumental Music Issue, by Jay Guin On God’s Salvation, Galatians, and the Instrument, by Jay … Continue reading

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New Wineskins: A Thought Experiment on Sola Scriptura and the Historical Argument, Part 1

The tradition of the apostles Readers have argued that there’s a position in between the Protestant sola scriptura (the scriptures only, as argued by the Reformation leaders) and the Catholic/Orthodox view that the teachings of early church leaders and church … Continue reading

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New Wineskins: Two More Articles Posted, by Clyde Symonette and Danny Corbitt

The first six articles in the New Wineskins series on instrumental music have now been posted. The complete list is — Introduction — The Instrumental Music Issue, by Jay Guin On God’s Salvation, Galatians, and the Instrument, by Jay Guin … Continue reading

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In Reply To Matt Dabbs re My “New Wineskins” Post

Background For readers unfamiliar with the discussion, this begins with an article I posted at New Wineskins: “On God’s Salvation, Galatians, and the Instrument,” in which I wrote — It’s often been said, by both sides, that the dispute is … Continue reading

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New Wineskins: Another Article Posted: “The Early Church on Christian Music,” by Danny Corbitt

The first four articles in the New Wineskins series on instrumental music have now been posted. The complete list is — Introduction — The Instrumental Music Issue, by Jay Guin On God’s Salvation, Galatians, and the Instrument, by Jay Guin … Continue reading

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New Wineskins: Another Article Posted: “They Kingdom Come and the Instrument” by Jay Guin

The first three articles in the New Wineskins series on instrumental music have now been posted. The complete list is — Introduction — The Instrumental Music Issue, by Jay Guin On God’s Salvation, Galatians, and the Instrument, by Jay Guin … Continue reading

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New Wineskins: First Two Articles Posted

The first articles in the Wineskins series on instrumental music have been posted. The complete list is — Introduction — The Instrumental Music Issue, by Jay Guin On God’s Salvation, Galatians, and the Instrument, by Jay Guin “Thy Kingdom Come” … Continue reading

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New Wineskins: Goes Live Tomorrow

Beginning tomorrow sometime, I’ll officially be an editor-bishop. That’s right. I’m an elder, which makes me a bishop, and now I’m an editor. For a month. That makes me an editor-bishop. The New Wineskins issue I’ve edited goes live, with … Continue reading

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