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Category Archives: Instrumental Music
Instrumental Music: Everett Ferguson Responds to Danny Corbitt
Last week, Danny Corbitt presented his work regarding instrumental music at the Abilene Christian lectures, called “The Summit,” based on his book Missing More Than Music. Today, I received the September 2010 issue of the Gospel Advocate, containing an article … Continue reading
Posted in Instrumental Music, Uncategorized
210 Comments
This Has Nothing to Do with the Instrumental Music Controversy at All. Really.
It’s amazing how we delight in creativity. It’s because, I believe, the creative side of humans is very much in the image of God. When we delight in the arts, we delight in a spark of God that remains in … Continue reading
The Fork in the Road: The Instrumental Music Discussion / How to Win the Worship Wars
Tomorrow I post part 4 of the “Learning from the History of Worship” discussion, and that’ll be my last post planned on the instrumental music and Regulative Principle questions for now. That doesn’t mean the topics won’t come up now … Continue reading
Posted in Fork in the Road, Instrumental Music, Uncategorized
Tagged All, Church of Christ Links, Instrumental music
15 Comments
Instrumental Music: Regarding Karate, Dance, and Roast Lamb in the Assembly
Robert Prater asked, in a comment, Let me ask you a question or anyone else…..let’s suppose I wanted to bring into the worship assembly the act of rhythmic dance or karate or how about yoga? Or let’s say painting, etc. … Continue reading
Posted in Instrumental Music, Uncategorized
Tagged All, Church of Christ Links, Instrumental music
99 Comments
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
Instrumental Music: An Experiment in Christian Dialogue
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
Posted in Instrumental Music, Uncategorized
Tagged All, Church of Christ Links, Instrumental music, Regulative Principle
46 Comments
Instrumental Music: An Email re “Upgrading a Worship Service Without Buying a Guitar”
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
Posted in Instrumental Music, Uncategorized
Tagged All, Church of Christ Links, Instrumental music, worship service
42 Comments
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
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
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
