Tag: Music

Lift Your Glad Voices!

Myron Horst

Happy Easter!  In honor of the wonderful resurrection of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, we are sharing our new recording of “Lift Your Glad Voices.” Please join in! Download MP3   Lift your glad voices in triumph on high, For Jesus hath risen, and man cannot die! Vain were the terrors that gathered around Him, And short the dominion of death and the grave. He burst from the fetters of darkness that bound Him, Resplendent in glory to live and to save! Loud was the chorus of angels on…

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Preparing for the Future of the Church

Myron Horst

A proposed change in the Spiritual education of children and young people It is vitally important that we prepare now for the future of the church. How we train our children and young people has great bearing on the spiritual commitment of the next generation. God has high expectations and standards of conduct for our youth and young adults. Our intentions and motives have been right, but has the spiritual education in Sunday Schools, vacation Bible schools, Christian schools and church youth groups been consistently producing young people who are…

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Totally Rethinking Church, Part 1: Stepping “Out of the Box”

Myron Horst

(Note: The purpose of these articles on Totally Rethinking Church is not to incite a rebellious attitude against the established church or encourage an elitist attitude; but to stimulate your thinking to look at the Scriptures and evaluate the church, so that you can help make the church more like Christ would have us to be.) Millions of Christians in the last several years have been totally rethinking what “church” is and are looking for a deeper relationship with Christ. A spiritual revolution and revival is quietly sweeping across America…

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Why You Should Sing in Your House Church

Myron Horst

Singing is a very essential part of our worship of God and needs to be a part of every house church. Our desire is to help you as best we can to make a beautiful, joyful sound in singing praises to our God. God loves singing, and loves to hear us sing praises to Him. The purpose of this article is to help you see how important your singing is to God, and to encourage you to perfect the singing ability of those in your house church. Singing, whether a…

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Why “Decidedly” Godly Music?

Myron Horst

We are excited about the blessings of singing and listening to decidedly Godly music. There is a growing trend of people who are realizing the real value of pure, decidedly Godly music in the church and in the home; music that is not tainted with the music styles that have been used to worship Satan. Our God is a musical God. He enjoys singing (Zeph. 3:17) and listening to singing and music. Music existed before the world began, and Heaven in eternity future will be filled with music. Music has…

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What Music Should Children Listen To?

Myron Horst

It is important that children listen to and sing hymns and other Godly music that we normally think of as being for adults, in addition to songs that are geared for children. In fact, children need to be saturated with hymns and other decidedly Godly music. Here is why: Children learn a lot about God through the songs they sing and hear. Hymns are rich with spiritual truths. Many hymns in four or five verses will have 25 or more different spiritual truths that are expressed, while many children’s songs…

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Music for Children

Myron Horst

Children love music. A happy child is a singing child who sings and hums as he works or plays. When my wife and I sang in a choral group, one of the things that impressed us was that the singing captivated the attention of four and five year olds for an hour and a half. Music ministers to all age levels in a way that preaching and teaching can never do. The music that you and your children sing and listen to is more important than you may realize. The…

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Do Only the Words Matter in Christian Music?

Myron Horst

Do only the words matter in Christian Music? Is music neutral? Is musical sound capable of moral or spiritual influence? Does music alone, with or without text, carry and communicate moral or spiritual value? Does putting Christian words to any kind music make the music Christian or Godly music? Are different kinds or styles of music right or wrong? The above questions, are important to ask. By studying music in the Bible we see music from God’s perspective which is a much more complete perspective then our human perspectives. Seeing…

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How to Make Spiritual Truths Stick in Your Mind

Myron Horst

The songs that we sing and listen to permanently shape our understanding of who God is and what the Christian life is all about. It is readily recognized among educators that information in song form is easier to remember. It has been stated that “What’s learned in song is remembered long.” Songs that children learn are remembered the rest of their lives. Once a tune is learned a person never totally forgets it. It will always be familiar. The well known song writer Philip P. Bliss once said: “Preaching is…

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