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    That's Why We Sing: Reclaiming the Wonder of Congrational Singing
    That's Why We Sing: Reclaiming the Wonder of Congrational Singing
    That's Why We Sing: Reclaiming the Wonder of Congrational Singing
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    That's Why We Sing: Reclaiming the Wonder of Congrational Singing

    By Darryl Tippens

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    In this booklet, Darryl Tippens issues a rousing call to renew our great heritage of congregational singing. First, he recalls some of the main reasons why singing is central in the life of the church. And second, he offers specific suggestions for preserving and renewing the practice of congregational singing today.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherLeafwood Publishers
    Release dateJul 29, 2013
    ISBN9780891129554
    That's Why We Sing: Reclaiming the Wonder of Congrational Singing

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      That's Why We Sing - Darryl Tippens

      THAT’S WHY WE SING

      RECLAIMING THE WONDER OF CONGREGATIONAL SINGING

      Darryl Tippens

      This essay is an adaptation of Chapter 12, Singing: The Way to Heaven’s Door, from Pilgrim Heart: The Way of Jesus in Everyday Life (Abilene, TX: Leafwood Publishers, 2006).

      The author expresses his appreciation to several who read drafts of this essay and offered helpful suggestions, including Ken L. Adams, C. Leonard Allen, Everett Ferguson, Randy Gill, Kelly Neill, and Jack Reese.

      That’s Why We Sing

      Reclaiming the Wonder of Congregational Singing

      Copyright 2007 by Darryl Tippens

      ISBN 978-0-89112-507-5

      ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

      No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form by any means—electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise—without prior written consent.

      Scripture quotations, unless otherwise noted, are from The Holy Bible, New International Version. Copyright 1984, International Bible Society. Used by permission of Zondervan Publishers.

      Cover design by Rick Gibson

      For information contact:

      Leafwood Publishers, Abilene, Texas

      1-877-816-4455 toll free

      www.leafwoodpublishers.com

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      O sing to the Lord a new song; sing to the Lord, all the earth. Sing to the Lord, bless his name; tell of his salvation from day to day.

      PSALM 96:1

      THAT’S WHY WE SING

      Be filled with the spirit, as you sing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs among yourselves, singing and making melody in your hearts. . . .

      —EPHESIANS 5:18-19

      Next to the Word of God, music deserves the highest praise.

      —MARTIN LUTHER

      When I think of my most memorable moments in church, the times I have felt closest to God, almost always they involve hymns. When I was a small boy, I recall my mother going forward to receive Christ in baptism, as we sang:

      Trust and obey,

      For there’s no other way

      To be happy in Jesus

      But to trust and obey.

      Whether it was through exuberant gospel songs in Sunday worship, devotional songs around a campfire, or Christmas carols sung heartily with family and friends—the joy of divine love and the wonder of forgiveness reached my head and my heart largely through music. The repertoire was large. There is a good distance between Bringing in the Sheaves and O Sacred Head Now Wounded, but all kinds of singing affected me deeply, permanently. I have come to see that I am not exceptional in this respect. In fact, the number of people who have been radically changed by sacred song is quite large.

      In her highly original autobiography, Traveling Mercies, Anne

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