Tag: spiritual songs

The Functions of Music in the Early Church

The New Testament emphasizes both the human and the divine sources of song. Music flows from human experience, and it no doubt also affects that experience. James seem to suggest that it is most logically associated with the emotion of Christian joy {bible-hover James 5:13}. In Paul’s first letter to the Christians at Corinth, one verse (when read alone) seems to be saying that all musical worship should be equally emotional and cerebral {bible-hover 1 Corinthians 14:15}....