
Originally Posted by
Beth Ellen Nagle

Originally Posted by
panta dokimazete
Not to be argumentative, but one could just as well use the same rationale for preaching and praying only Scripture.
Truth is - until we are in Heaven, there will be imperfect worship done by well-meaning, but imperfect people here on the earth.
That's not to say we give up striving, just be careful not to embrace extreme principles out of contra-reaction.
JD,
One significant difference between prayer, preaching and singing is that in singing the content is immediately professed by all. You cannot withhold your "amen". This is one among other reasons to distinguish between the elements in worship. The Psalter is a canon of songs given to the Church to be professed by all in singing and it is all "amen".
Just my little 2 cents in this long discussion.

One can also do like I do; familliarize myself with song texts before singing them. Anything not an expression of biblical truth, I don't sing. I'm blessed in that I have worked only with thorougly biblical worship leaders: I can count the number of times I have objected to unbiblically themed song texts in the last 32 years on the fingers of 1 hand.
In Christ's love and service
Mr. Tim Cunningham,
BMus. (Trombone Performance), University of Toronto
Dip. CS, Regent College, Vancouver
Member, First Baptist Church
Vancouver, BC
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