{"id":104,"date":"2009-08-24T12:13:50","date_gmt":"2009-08-24T12:13:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bettergatherings.com.au\/?p=104"},"modified":"2025-12-19T23:04:54","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T23:04:54","slug":"music-quickstart","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/bettergatherings.com.au\/?page_id=104","title":{"rendered":"Music Quickstart"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" alignright size-full wp-image-103\" src=\"https:\/\/bettergatherings.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/guitaring.jpg\" alt=\"guitaring\" style=\"float: right;\" width=\"160\" height=\"106\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bettergatherings.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/guitaring.jpg 320w, https:\/\/bettergatherings.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/guitaring-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 160px) 100vw, 160px\" \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: mceinline;\"><br \/><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: mceinline;\">What kind of songs should we be singing?<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: mceinline;\">Is there a case for mixing more traditional hymns with contemporary songs?<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: mceinline;\">Who should choose the songs we sing together and where should they be placed in a service?<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: mceinline;\">What drives the choice of music in your church?<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<blockquote>\n<p><strong>Discussion starter:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: mceinline;\">&#8216;Shout to the Lord&#8217; is very popular in some circles, but it is widely panned by others.  Some say there is an inappropriate emotional intensity and personal focus in this song &#8211; &#8216;its all about me and my Jesus&#8217;.  But there are parallels to almost every phrase or thought in the song somewhere in the book of Psalms (e.g. 63, 138) or in other songs in the OT.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: mceinline;\">So how valid are the criticisms? <\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: mceinline;\">What may be driving these criticisms?<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"\/?page_id=120\">1. The role of singing in the Bible<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/?page_id=121\">2. Singing and corporate worship<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/?page_id=122\">3. Some practical matters<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/?page_id=120\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: mceinline;\"><\/span><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-family: mceinline;\"> <\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-family: mceinline;\"> <\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\"> <\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><br \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What kind of songs should we be singing? Is there a case for mixing more traditional hymns with contemporary songs? Who should choose the songs we sing together and where should they be placed in a service? What drives the choice of music in your church? 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