An Essay on Hymnody

Ever get the feeling some people have far too much time on their hands?

Looks like someone did. They’ve written a very interesting Essay on Hymnody. Below is a taste of what you’ll find.

Some songs have lines we sing repeatedly

Some songs have lines we sing repeatedly

Some songs have lines we sing repeatedly

Some songs have lines we sing repeatedly … (repeat x2).

We rightly mock the heathen’s mindless chants

And then we sing ourselves into a trance

(If not into a trance, at least a daze)

Through endless repetition of a phrase.

I ask, Is this a Christian way to praise?

Why surely not! For Christians it is wrong

To babble on like pagans in our songs.



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Rodney Olsen

Rodney is a husband, father, cyclist, blogger and podcaster from Perth Western Australia.

He previously worked in radio for about 25 years but these days he spends his time at Compassion Australia, working towards releasing children from poverty in Jesus' name.

The views he expresses here are his own.

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