Our Church music

We sing the old gospel of Christ-based hymns, and hymns from Joseph Iron's Zion's Hymns, and other hymns that are used for the "call to worship" by various folks, such as this one by William Gadsby:

1. Mercy speaks by Jesus’ blood;
Hear and sing, ye sons of God;
Justice satisfied indeed;
Christ has full atonement made.

2. Jesus’ blood speaks loud and sweet;
Here all Deity can meet,
And, without a jarring voice,
Welcome Zion to rejoice.

3. Should the law against her roar,
Jesus’ blood still speaks with power,
“All her debts were cast on me,
And she must and shall go free.”

4. Peace of conscience, peace with God,
We obtain through Jesus’ blood;
Jesus’ blood speaks solid rest;
We believe, and we are blest.

(Tune: "Depth of Mercy")

 

89.62% of churches do music wrong

 

Are the songs in heaven hymns or contemporary Christian music? It seems, from the Revelation, that it's neither.

But, to answer the OP, the church I attend sings mostly newer songs that teach theology, however, they sometimes pick a hymn or two.

 

Music is an act of worship

worship means to tell God how great and glorious He is

some songs are better than others in worship

Holy Holy Holy vs God is so good

which one is better as a worship song?

immortal Invincible God only Wise vs in the garden

which one is more worshipful?


At our Church we typically sing

A sing in general about God

see above

one about Christ and/or His atonement

At Calvary

And can it be

a song about the Church or a song that challenges us

the Church’s one foundation

lead on O along Eternal

we also sing 3-4 choruses

yes, our service last about 1.25?

we also read at least 2 additional passages to the sermon passage and recite:

either

the Apostles Creed

the 10 Commandments

the Lords Prayer

etc

 

We do not have choir, nor do we have “Specials”

we believe that the assembling of Gods people for worship is about us “Worshipping Together”

 

We have the Sermon passage

We also rotate what we read ie

we cover different genres

we are always reading a passage from the Gospels. Remember it’s about Christ. There will be 2-4 main points about the reading which demonstrate that the sayings of Jesus are not just pithy saying, but mean to convey something deeper

we read 10 chapters in Psalms then Spend 3-4 months or so reading Maybe a Minor Prophet and Ruth, the 10 more Psalms

the 3rd reading can be an OT or a NT reading depending on the sermon or just a wild hair about what to read

 

In 3 yrs, you can cover about 20-30% of the OT and about 1/2 or so of the new

some chapters take 2-3 weeks to read through depending how deep you want to go

 

We sing the song in the "call to worship", then there is the reading of a lengthy passage of Scripture, then one of the male members leads a prayer, then another hymn is sung, then the pastor brings a message from God's Word(usually around 45 minutes or so in length), and then there is a closing prayer by the pastor or one of the male members. Usually takes around 50-55 minutes.

Before that we have Bible study(around 45 minutes in length) in which the pastor does a verse-by-verse study of a book, currently Ephesians, which will take a long, long time. We just finished the book of Hebrews and it took about three years.

 

What’s Wrong with Our Church Praise Music?

 

I have heard that there are "hymns" which are less "chorus-y" and deeper theologically and there are "gospel songs" which are more "chorus-y" and have less depth theologically.

For example, your post above references a song that would be considered a "gospel song" and not a "hymn".

 

That’s my point exactly

some songs don’t need to be sung in worship

fire away

 

Correct, but when it comes to worship, we lose sight in the music category

music is not about what makes us feel good

music is about what is acceptable to God

 

Some hymns, and some more contemporary worship music.

We really like Sovereign Grace, Red Mountain church and City Alight. They all produce good, theologically deep music.

 

Just to clarify, most of our choruses were from the Psalms