I love music. Just ask my little girls. They’d be more than happy to tell you how Daddy loves to pretend the car’s steering wheel is a microphone at his own little concert inside his head while he’s driving and blasting his music. Yes, I love music. I’m very glad music is not inherently sinful… Read More “You Think Music’s A Sin!” — Jon Mitchell
Over the last twenty-eight years we have seen a resurgence of an old issue in the churches of Christ. The trend of moving away from basic non-instrumental worship services has accelerated. Now—more than ever—we need to speak out against blatant doctrinal error. Our focus needs to be on Christ and his teachings and not the… Read More The Case For A Cappella Music In Worship — Will Hester
From the very beginning of the effort to restore original New Testament Christianity, churches of Christ have stood opposed to the use of mechanical instruments of music in worship. This is the case because the churches of Christ in New Testament times did not use instrumental music in their worship. There is no passage in the New… Read More “We Have Re-Studied The Issue” — Hugh Fulford
An illustration from one of the old-time preachers was, “You don’t have to take down the whole fence to let the cows out!” The point is that breaking down the fence in one place would allow the cattle to escape, even though it might be assumed that the rest of the fence was still standing. … Read More Don’t Take Down The Fence – David R. Pharr
They went out from us, but they were not of us: for if they had been of us, they would not doubt have continued with us: but they went out, that they might be made manifest that they were not all of us. (1 John 2:19) The words of John are blunt. There were certain… Read More Some Leave The Church, Leave The Lord – David R. Pharr
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