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Originally Posted by JBaldwin  As someone who is a non-EPer, I believe we should sings Psalms, hymns and spiritual songs. To me that means we should sing from the Psalter, sing from other Scriptures since they are the inspired Word of God and any new hymns or spiritual songs that may have been written over the course of history, as long as they are theologically in accordance with the Scriptures. In other words, we should not sing songs that say nothing, because that would be a violation of the command in Ephesians to teach and admonish one another with Psalms, hymns and spiritual songs. |
I believe that the interpretation of "spiritual songs" is important. We are wont to anachronistically read our understanding of terms back into the scriptures. As far as I know, the term "spiritual" does not simply mean "religious," or "non-physical," or "pious," as we use it today, rather "of the Holy Spirit." A spiritual gift is a gift given to us by the Spirit. Hence a spiritual song would be a song given by the Spirit, not merely a pious song written by us.