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It's All About HYMN |
Essays on Reclaiming Sacred and Traditional Music for Worship |
Read what some of the world's leading authorities on church music are saying about It's All About HYMN. . . |
The information in this book should serve as a continuing dialogue on selecting the most appropriate music for worship, and we can do that through these tools: • Blog • Online chat • Podcasts • Being a part of the next sbook: Second Verse |
Here's where you'll find such items as: • Sample chapter from ssthe book • Afterword by Dr. ssJohn Hamm • Articles of interest • Classical guitar sstranscriptions • Photos that illustrate ssconcepts in the book • Book corrections and ssclarifications • Information on live ssclassical guitar for ssyour house of worship • Information on the sscompanion CD entitled ssFor HYMN, due out in ssthe fall of 2008 |
CLASSICAL GUITARIST, CHURCH MUSICIAN, and AUTHOR Donn LeVie, Jr. invites congregations, music leaders, and church musicians to honestly assess how well their worship music uplifts the gospel. Here, they will discover there is no room for personal preference where spiritual discernment, established church music criteria, and scriptural guidance must give wing to our voices in praise and adoration of an Almighty God. |
Table of Contents Preface Introduction Essay Chapter 1: The Congregation is the Praise Band Essay Chapter 2: The Worship Music Debate Through the Ages Essay Chapter 3: Contemporary Christian Music, Praise and Worship Music, Christian Pop Music: What Are We Really Talking About? Essay Chapter 4: Assumptions, Fallacies, Reason, and Groupthink in the Worship Music Debate Essay Chapter 5: Why Personal Preference Can Not be an Option for Selecting Music for Worship Essay Chapter 6: Understanding and Applying Spiritual Discernment for Selecting Music Used for Worship Essay Chapter 7: Does Secular Music Have a Place in Worship Services? Essay Chapter 8: Music as Art in the Church Essay Chapter 9: The Influence of Church Architecture on the Worship Model Essay Chapter 10: 21 Questions on Reclaiming Sacred and Traditional Music for Worship Essay Chapter 11: A Scriptural Prescription for Selecting Music for Worship Essay Chapter 12: Grace Notes Finale Afterword by Dr. John Hamm Appendix A: Recommended Sacred Choral Music Recordings Appendix B: Recommended Pipe Organ Music Recordings Appendix C: Be a Part of the Follow-up Book: It's All About HYMN: Second Verse Appendix D: Supplemental Material at www.allabouthymn.com About the Author |
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With so many contemporary evangelical voices calling for "redefining", "rethinking", "remaking", and "repackaging" Christian worship, now comes a new voice for reclaiming its sacred and traditional precepts for worshipping God through sung prayer. Praised by some of the world's leading authorities on church music, It's All About HYMN: Essays on Reclaiming Sacred and Traditional Music for Worship opens up new doors to dialogue, sheds light on factors that influence the Western Christian worship model, and challenges all Christians to reassess how they approach the very act of worship. |
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