The church in America has regressed into its modern style--in other words, we have lost skill, lost tradition, and lost tradition and heritage. Some say that going back to our former style of worship is impossible and unworthy of the effort required. But is it really that difficult?
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Mentioned During the Show:
Methods of transitioning to a classical or traditional style of congregational worship
Teach against bad entertainment
Encourage the learning of instruments befitting congregational worship.
Introduce Psalms into worship
Introduce the classical style into the normal rotation
Choose a Psalter/hymnal for congregational use
Teach the necessity of family worship in the home
Strategies for heads of households
What to do if you can’t sing
God created men and women differently. This should reflect in every area of life, but especially in congregational worship. But what we find presented in our modern style is rather appalling. Fortunately, there are other ways of executing corporate worship which more closely follow our God-assigned roles.
Mentioned during the show:
-Second Great Awakening
-Emotional manipulation in church
-Marketing church to women
-Feminist leadership
-Emotive lyrics in contemporary worship
-Effeminate styles of worship
-Lack of harmony
-Masculine leadership
-Biblical lyrics
-Harmonization and parts
-Average division of voices
Mark Drzycimski is the father of nine and has been leading his family in singing for the past ten years, guiding them from comparative musical illiteracy to capably singing Psalms and Hymns to four part harmonies.
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Mentioned During the Show:
Sing Your Part, an app designed to teach anyone how to sing in harmony.
Psalter/Hymnals:
-Cantus Christi
-Treasury
-Book of Psalms for Worship
-Trinity Psalter/Hymnal
This episode attempts to bridge the gap between the high church theology guys and the worship praise band leader, both of whom claim to be pursuing the same thing with their choice of musical instruments.
Most people don't tend to think about how the instruments are to be applied to congregational worship--or how they are designed. Here we'll dive into that and see how we might then tackle the problem of what style we should have in worship.
In an entire evangelical world which claims to attain "Congregational Worship," what does it even mean anymore? Is there some difference between a church that has mastered it versus a church which hasn't?
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For those of you who would like some source material for the last podcast, I have done the dirty work and pulled some lyrical representatives out of the pond water.
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You’ve heard people complain about modern worship lyrics, but have you ever considered why? Or whether they’re paranoid and crazy?
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"The modern style is too complex!" is potentially a valid argument against the modern evangelical worship style, but it lacks the understanding that "complex" is neither bad, nor is it lacking in many of the old hymns we enjoy.
Read my article on this subject
My wife and I have started to record Psalms and hymns! It is our family's mission to enable the church to more easily sing Psalms and hymns to four part harmonies. If you'd like to see more of these, please consider subscribing and supporting our work.Cantus Christi number 554 "How Lovely Shines the Morning Star!" was written in 1599 by Philip Nicolai. He composed both the lyrics and the tune, which is set to a rather unique meter--887.887.22.44.48. We had a lot of fun recording it, and we hope you enjoy listening. Stay tuned for more to come!Support our work: worshipreformation.com/donate
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"Why can't we sing any of the old hymns?" can be heard amongst the older generation within many modern churches. But dig a little further, and you'll realize that the definition of "old" needs some work.
One of the most common objections people have about the modern or contemporary style of worship music is how loud the band can get. But is this a Biblical way of thinking? Is it actually the problem?
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