Songs for Worship and Praise<\/a><\/em>\u00a0because it leans a little too heavily in the direction of Contemporary Christian Music and the “praise song” genre which I simply don’t like — I realize that this is primarily a personal feeling, but I just can’t help how I feel about it.<\/p>\nWayne Walker<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Question: I read your excellent review of the\u00a0Jeffcoat\u00a0Sacred Songs of the Church songbook. Our congregation is considering changing books and we are considering several of the more traditionally focused books. Have you had the opportunity to review and consider the\u00a0Psalms, Hymns and Spiritual Songs\u00a0by Sumphonia? We are also considering the\u00a0Praise for the Lord\u00a0and\u00a0Songs for Worship…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[520,521],"class_list":["post-34752","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-answer","tag-music","tag-songs"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":34803,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/more-questions-about-psalms-hymns-and-spiritual-songs\/","url_meta":{"origin":34752,"position":0},"title":"More questions about Psalms, Hymns, and Spiritual Songs","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"September 14, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"Question: Just curious regarding\u00a0Psalms, Hymns, and Spiritual Songs: what are your thoughts on the genre that many of the new \"brethren hymns\" are written in? That's a big chunk of the \"other 300\", maybe pushing 1\/3 of it by a wild guess? For my own edification, and I take a\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Answer"","block_context":{"text":"Answer","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/category\/answer\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":86059,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/psalms-hymns-and-spiritual-songs\/","url_meta":{"origin":34752,"position":1},"title":"Psalms, Hymns, and Spiritual Songs","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"March 25, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"by Wayne S. Walker via\u00a0Biblical Insights, Vol. 15 No. 1, January 2015 We know from the New Testament and can infer from later writings of church leaders that Christians of the first century did sing in their worship, but we do not know precisely what songs they sang or exactly\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Article"","block_context":{"text":"Article","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/category\/article\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":14641,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/are-drums-of-god-or-the-devil\/","url_meta":{"origin":34752,"position":2},"title":"Are drums of God or the devil?","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"April 17, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"Question: I wanted to know if the drums are of God, or is it from the devil. Did God make drums for one of his instruments? Answer: God tells us that it is men who invented instrumental music, not Satan. \"His brother's name was Jubal. 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Also, I need to\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Answer"","block_context":{"text":"Answer","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/category\/answer\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":50030,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/how-do-i-get-a-hold-of-hymns-written-by-members-of-the-churches-of-christ\/","url_meta":{"origin":34752,"position":4},"title":"How do I get a hold of hymns written by members of the churches of Christ?","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"February 27, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Question: Do you know of any way to get a hold of a collection of hymns written by members of the churches of Christ? I very recently joined the church and have been wondering why we sing songs that were written by unsaved people? I actually love these old hymns\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Answer"","block_context":{"text":"Answer","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/category\/answer\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":14716,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/why-sing\/","url_meta":{"origin":34752,"position":5},"title":"Why Sing?","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"November 2, 2007","format":false,"excerpt":"by Wayne S. Walker \"I will praise You, O Lord, among the peoples; I will sing to You among the nations\" (Psalm 57:9). 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