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Never played an instrument
I’m not half-bad at singing, no great voice, but I’ve never picked up, or sat down in front of, an instrument to play. A college friend tried to teach me something on the piano and gave up after the...
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“The use of instrument in the church The…
“The use of instrument in the church. The Greeks as well as the Jews were wont to use instruments as accompaniments in their sacred songs. The converts to Christianity accordingly must have been...
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Singing
“We sing with the accompaniment of an instrument in our church, and you don’t,” was a recent statement. Of course, this is nothing new. Most of us have heard people say the churches of Christ sing “a...
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A Difference
When the children of Israel were in the “wilderness of wandering,” the Lord gave Moses instructions concerning sins committed and what each individual Israelite needed to do (Numbers 15:22-29). Sin is...
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Jonah – A Type of Jesus
There is a form of music called the “sonata-allegro” format, in which there are three segments—exposition, development, and recapitulation. The concept is that you present a melody called a “theme” in...
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Katy Perry on agape love
Generally speaking, I am not impressed with the work of Katy Perry. Much of her music puts sin on a pedestal like lots of other popular music. “I Kissed a Girl” promotes the homosexual/bisexual agenda;...
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victory
I was recently afforded the opportunity to perform in the Murfreesboro Symphony Chorus at a concert with the Murfreesboro Symphony Orchestra. I had been to orchestral performances many times before,...
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How Neil Diamond Motivated My Preaching
When I was a student majoring in Bible at Freed-Hardeman College (it now goes by University), occasionally I received invitations to preach at small churches. When I drove to those appointments, which...
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Hugh’s News & Views (Stirring Sentiments)
STIRRING SENTIMENTS OF SACRED SONGS AND HYMNS For almost seventy years my life has been shaped by what has transpired in the Bible classes and worship assemblies of local churches committed to...
View Article9-16-2016 A Capella Music
Why, for hundreds of years after the Apostles, no Christians used mechanical instruments of music in their worship? Their song worship found them “speaking to one another in psalms and hymns and...
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