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Thirty-three provocative essays on corporate worship, hymnody and psalmody, issues, and composers and composition. Explores Scripture teaching on the role of music in the church.
- Sales Rank: #827822 in Books
- Brand: P&R Publishing Company
- Published on: 2006-02-24
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: 9.00" h x .69" w x 6.10" l, 1.00 pounds
- Binding: Paperback
- 315 pages
About the Author
Jones is organist and music director of Tenth Presbyterian Church and chair of the department of music at Philadelphia College of Bible.
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54 of 55 people found the following review helpful.
Constructively Provocative
By Tim Challies
Paul Jones, organist and Music Director at Tenth Presbyterian Church in Philadelphia is, by all accounts, a very talented individual. He was privileged to serve alongside James Boice (who once said "Paul is everything I ever prayed for in a music director") and now works closely with Philip Ryken in serving one of America's foremost Presbyterian churches. Singing and Making Music, subtitled "Issues in Church Music Today" is Jones' attempt to distill and share some of his years of accumulated wisdom and knowledge.
Singing and Making Music is not a traditional book, emphasizing an argument that moves logically from introduction to conclusion, but is a collection of essays dealing with the common theme of worshipping God through music. To some extent this leaves the book feeling a little bit disjointed and without a consistent flow. At the same time, this format allows the author to cover a wide range of topics without having to bridge one to another. I feel that this is a suitable format for such a book book. Jones covers a great deal of ground through the book's thirty-three chapters which are grouped under four headings: Corporate Worship, Hymnody and Psalmody, Issues and Composers and Composition. Here is a selection of chapter titles:
* Sermon in Song: Sacred Music as Proclamation
* Sacred Music as Prayer
* Authenticity in Corporate Worship Music
* Trinitarian Hymnody
* What Psalm Ascriptions Tell Us
* Writing Hymns
* Choir for Hire: Should Church Musicians Be Paid?
* Luther and Bar Song: The Truth, Please!
* Musical Ignorance versus Music Arrogance
* J.S. Bach and Musical Hermeneutics
* The Anatomy of a Hymn Tune
* Criteria for Good Church Music
While any Christian could benefit from reading this book, the target audience is clearly intended to be other music directors or worship leaders. With my limited knowledge of musical theory, I was occasionally unable to follow or understand the author's arguments. This was particularly true of the chapters which discussed topics which are far more theoretical than practical to me, such as "The Anatomy of a Hymn Tune," a chapter in which we read the following: "Such intervallic relationships between voices other than the melodic one (i.e., the altor, tenor, and bass) have to do with harmonic choices. The harmony throughout the hymn tune is functional, yet colorful, with numerous intentional dissonances." For all I know, he may have just insulted my country or provided a recipe for chocolate brownies (though I suspect not).
Thankfully, the majority of the book is perfectly accessible to a person like myself who loves music, but knows very little about it. Jones is always gracious but always biblical when dealing with some of the more contentious issues facing churches struggling with the subjects of worship and music. He argues that Christians ought to avoid the world's musical trends and to develop music that is distinct. The book's main points can be summarized under the three following headings. First, worship practices must be measured by the Word of God. "Scriptural principles should inform all our thinking, traditions, and practices in worship." Second, we need to comprehend the pastoral nature of music ministry. "Music is not in competition with pastoral work. It is pastoral work in the sense that it can provide many of the same kinds of spiritual care and leadership that pastoral ministry provides." Third, we should ensure that budgets and practices are informed by these truths. "Music in worship cannot be truly conformed to biblical standards and examples of excellence unless it is actively supported by the church leadership in word and deed and is adequately funded." You can see a logical progression from theory to practice. A church should move from asking "Why do we do what we do in the way that we do it? How should we be doing it according to Scripture? What will it take to make it so?"
While Jones serves in a large church and surely enjoys a large budget, he is sensitive to those who serve in smaller churches and may have only a limited number of resources, both financial and human, to dedicate to music. He provides suggestions on the first instruments a church should purchase and the type of music director a church should eventually seek. He suggests when a church should seek to hire a music director and what type of responsibilities he should enjoy. There is even a chapter providing instruction on purchasing an organ.
Always practical and biblical, Singing and Making Music was an enjoyable read and one that is suitable for both the laity and those in leadership. Ligon Duncan, in his endorsement for this book, described it with the phrase "constructively provocative." I believe that is an apt description. This book is deeply biblical, uplifting and constructively provocative. It is well worth reading.
7 of 7 people found the following review helpful.
A book that made me shout "Amen!"
By Danko
As an organist who grew up musically on the street corner with no formal training, I found myself shouting "Amen!" at various points throughout the book. It also caused me to seriously reconsider whether my motives for playing organ are in line with scripture, or to get the people in the congregation to shout "Amen!" when I am done.
A definitive line is drawn in Mr. Jones' book between trained musicians (whom I think the author meant trained with a lot of study and degrees, but hopefully includes "naturals" like me with no initials after his name) versus the engineer who claims he isn't all that musical but loves strumming guitar chords along with his five buddies who also love strumming guitar and together form the basis for a lot of the worship bands in churches today. The author, I believe, would rather we see the musical half of the worship service handled by people trained or at least very deep and wide as musicians, not by someone who has to force a strumming beat under every song and pitch it in E because he only knows those chord changes. The author cites how in King David's time, thousands of capable musicians were hired to do worship in the temple. And note the term hired, which caused me also to say "Amen!"
The author does not simply say that guitars and drums don't belong in worship, but he does make the point about having the right instrument(s) for the job. Moving the campfire-perfect guitars into a huge church sanctuary where you have to amplified them makes about as much sense as dragging the pipe organ into pastor's living room for some singing during a small group study (don't worry, we'll stuff some rags in the pipes to make it softer).
Upon closing the book, which I read in only two sittings, I took away a strong commitment to play more earnestly and choose better music for Sundays. I also pledged to not just whip off a hymn improvisation because I can, but take care in choosing how to play something and, yes, practicing. I think I heard God say, "Amen!" to that.
This book caused me to be more assured in some of my own thoughts about traditional/contemporary music issues, but also to embark on ways to make my traditional musical offering more worthy of the Master. If changing minds and hearts was the objective of the author, he was successful. To understand why, well, read the book.
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful.
Very fair and insightful.
By cb1333
I can't say enough about this book, so I will sum it up as best as I can.
I am a 24-year old worship leader from Florida. I have recently been challenged to think of the words that I sing, and really pray over them. I stumbled upon this book upon Amazon's recommendation, and I've been blessed ever since I opened the front cover. Growing up in the contemporary Christian movement (CCM), I feel like I've missed a lot of history and deep, rich theology. Reading this book (I'm only halfway through) has given me such a meaningful appreciation for the art of what I do every week. So without getting into any details, for the amateur worship leaders, like myself, PLEASE pick up this book and study it. Highlight, underline, circle, and memorize as much as you possibly can. Paul Jones has done an incredible job at explaining such deep history, and making it understandable for an ignorant kid like myself.
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