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A Cappella Music in the Public Worship of the Church is unavailable, but you can change that!

In this well-researched book, prominent scholar Everett Ferguson argues that a cappella, or unaccompanied, congregational singing rests on good biblical, historical, and doctrinal grounds. Drawing from his extensive scholarly background, Ferguson combines his knowledge of Greek and Latin, ancient church history, and Christian fellowship to give meaning and context to his discussion of the power...

Even more decisive for the meaning of Ephesians 5:19 are the Old Testament parallels: psallo en plus an instrument in certain passages in the Psalms (1 Sam. 16:16; Ps. 33:2; 71:22; 98:5; 144:9; 147:7; 149:3) meant to make melody “on the instrument named” to the Lord. According to these parallels, if Paul has thought of psallo in the broader sense of “make melody” or even “play,” then he has specified the instrument on which the melody is to be made, namely the heart. These Old Testament parallels
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