10 Principles of Church Music (Great Stuff)

Below is a summary by Justin Taylor, of *2 more lengthy posts by Kevin DeYoung on principles of church music. I thought they were great, biblical, and very much along the lines of where we need to continue to move as a church. (I put my favorite ones in bold for emphasis). This is really good stuff for us to meditate on, as we continue to consider what we're doing and what our goals are at Grace. Enjoy!

1. Love is indispensable to church singing that pleases God.
2. Our singing is for God’s glory and the edification of the body of Christ.
3. We ought to sing to the Lord new songs.
4. Church singing should swim in its own history of church singing.
5. Sing the Psalms.
6. We should strive for excellence in the musicality and the poetry of the songs we sing.
7. The main sound to be heard in the worship music is the sound of the congregation singing.
8. The congregation should also be stretched from time to time to learn new songs and broaden its musical horizons.
9. The texts of our songs should be matched with fitting musicality and instrumentation.
10. All of our songs should employ manifestly biblical lyrics.

*You can find DeYoung's longer posts about church music here: Post 1, Post 2