Whole-Person Poetic-Melodic Exclamations, or, What We Talk About When We Talk About Worship Music

Ephesians 5:18-19 - After considering the big picture perspective on worship in the Bible, we now turn our attention to worship through singing, in particular. God’s people have always been a singing people, but why? Why does God command and inspire us to sing? How does it engage our bodies in the postures of our hearts? And why is it important to sing in the presence of our brothers and sisters in the church? A sermon by Cameron Heger. [Part 3 of the series “The Praises of His People: A Practical Theology of Worship”]
Questions for discussion: 1) What kind of relationship do you have with music in general? What about in the church? 2) Why do you think God values singing among His people? 3) Why is music uniquely suited to combining truth with emotion and mystery? 4) How does worship through music bring our inner worship outward to and through our bodies? 5) Why is singing in community an important part of Paul’s teaching here?