Chris on November 24th, 2008

(The Psalm-Writing Testimony of Joe Tyrpak)
1. Why should we sing the Psalms?
The psalms are songs. In other words, they were originally written as poetry to be sung. As songs, then, theseĀ compositions cannot be fully understood or experienced (as God intended them to be) apart from singing. Experiencing theĀ Psalms in a non-musical way would be like [...]

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Chris on November 24th, 2008

Here is an undeniable fact: most modern Christian music is written for specials performed by specialists: soloists, ensembles and choirs. Whether one is looking at the work of evangelical or fundamental songwriters, our preoccupation with non-congregational music is obvious, and it is troubling. I suggest that the nature of the songs we are producing reveals [...]

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