Singing the Lord’s Song in a Strange Land

Singing the Lords Song in a Strange Land Psalm 137:1-9 Judah is being led into captivity by Babylon in this passage. They are also being mocked by their captors who are requesting them to sing them the songs of Zion. Judah’s response in verse 4 is “How shall we sing...

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Sing Hymns, Eph 5:19

The Bible gives us the best instruction on singing hymns.  When we sing hymns, we should sing the right songs and we should sing them the right way. We should sing to the Lord – Eph 5:19 – “to the Lord”.  Col 3:16 “to the Lord”.  Ex 15:1, 21 –...

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The Power of a Song

 The Power of a Song Matthew 26:30 ; Acts 16:25-26 In the passage for this sermon we see someone singing unto the Lord. In both places great events followed the songs and I would imagine that these two songs were never forgotten by those that sung them. In this sermon...

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Good Music, Job 38:6-7

Good Music Job 38:6-7 CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO Is there good music in the Bible?  Yes! In the Bible, you find two different “lines” of music, throughout.  Good music comes from the Lord and bad music comes from the devil.  In the prior broadcast, we studied the “bad” line of music...

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Singing, Col 3:16

Singing Col 3:16 CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO Today’s message is on singing.  We are comparing modern so-called “Christian” music to the psalms and hymns and spiritual songs mentioned in Col 3:16 and Eph 5:19.  The purpose of this broadcast is to show you the contrast between the scriptural music of the...

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Why We Sing, Col 3:16

The reason why we sing is that, in Col 3:16 and Eph 5:19, the Lord told us to sing. God’s creation started with singing. In Job 38:4-7 the morning stars sang together.  The nation of Israel sang their great song of deliverance in Ex 15 after God drowned Pharaoh and...

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The Lord is My Strength, Ps 118:14

Ps 118:14 has a nice outline built right into the text.  The Lord is my strength, my song, and my salvation.  This is a very encouraging text for us today.  Notice what the Lord is to us. The Lord is my strength – We need to keep the Lord close...

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Sing A New Song, Ps 149:1

Before we were saved, our old songs were about carnal love, rebellion, drinking, getting high, surfing, losing lovers, trains, dogs, etc.  After getting saved we started singing new songs in church.  These are congregational songs according to Ps 149:1.  When you run the references to “new song” in the Bible,...

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