Come, Let Us Sing
Author: Rev Dr Rob Smith
Format: Soft cover
Come, Let Us Sing seeks to help us reform the musical dimension of church life by bringing biblical clarity to two key questions: Why do we come together? and Why do we sing together?
In answer to the first, Robert Smith navigates a path through the contemporary ‘worship word wars’, concluding that we gather both to worship God and to encourage others. Two questions must, therefore, be asked of everything we do: Does it glorify God? and Does it edify others?
As to why we sing, Smith unpacks three principal functions of congregational singing in Scripture – as a way of praising, a way of praying and a way of preaching. In so doing, he explores the necessity of singing scriptural truth, the value of psalmody, the place of emotions, the role of our bodies, and how singing expresses and enriches our unity.
Come, Let Us Sing is a timely call for the church to reclaim its biblical musical heritage and reform its musical practice.
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Table of contents:
Preface
1. The Path to the Present
PART ONE: Why God’s People Gather
2. The New Worship
3. The New Wine
4. The New Wineskins
PART TWO: Why God’s People Sing
5. Singing as Praise I: Nature and Obstacles
6. Singing as Praise II: Strategies and Practice
7. Singing as Prayer I: Nature and Value
8. Singing as Prayer II: Questions and Implications
9. Singing as Preaching I: Old Covenant Soundings
10. Singing as Preaching II: New Covenant Explorations
PART THREE: Helping God’s People Change
11. Three Keys to Musical Reformation
12. The Road Ahead
APPENDICES
Appendix I: The Relationship Between Lament and Praise
Appendix II: Approaches to Psalm Singing
Appendix III: Music, Emotion and Bodily Expression
Appendix IV: Music and Lyrics
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