“Let the Word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom; teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord.”—–Colossians 3:16<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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That verse can be used well to direct and evaluate church music, and all corporate worship—in fact, everything we do in the “assembling of ourselves together.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Study the verse above slowly and carefully.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It’s all about THE WORD in us so rich and so deep, that everything flows from and reveals our time spent in His Word.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Music is to “teach and admonish” from “the Word of Christ.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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In fact, the ONE ingredient, and measurement, of a Christian’s life, and a church’s life, is daily time in the Bible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It is the universal ‘just do it’ for any Jesus follower.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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