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The Church & Music, Part 2 (TMF:2829)

Thursday, March 12, 2026
Peace to Live By: The Church & Music, Part 2 (TMF:2829) - Daniel Litton
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       This would be what is most prevalent in our churches nowadays, where we sing custom songs written by various brothers and sisters, typically over the last twenty or thirty years which are sung to custom tunes. So, instruments. The use of instruments in the church service. Interestingly, there is no mention one way or the other by Paul as regards actual physical instruments. It doesn’t appear it would be incorrect to go about it either way, then, though we need to be careful, and this is especially true in Evangelical church life, not to let the actual music become too glamorous, to over-emphasized to the point where it is indeed more important than the actual truth regarding what is being sung. It has also been noticed, and at more than one church, that some will hire outside sources to come in and actually do the music. That’s how important music has become, to the point where music has become competitive between churches.