06 – O For A Thousand Tongues To Sing: Liturgical Categories for Using Music in Church

Liturgy—your church has one whether you know about it or not. This week we discuss liturgy and how the Psalms specifically set up what your intrepid hosts believe to be a good one.

Song of preparation*

Call to worship

Song of adoration

Confession of sin

Assurance of pardon

Confession of lament

Assurance of comfort

Profession of faith

Offering of thanksgiving

Song of supplication 

Preparation of the word

Preparation of the table 

Song of reflection*

Song of anticipation*

Song of commission

Song of benediction

*Categories Bryan thought of while recording and/or editing. AKA, real-time follow-up.

Show Links

• Join us on Slack! https://slack.techreformation.com
• Adam Ford’s newsletter part 1 and part 2
• Is the New Evangelical Liturgy Really An Improvement? by Kevin DeYoung
• Excerpt from the book History of the Christian Church. This lists several historical liturgies from both the Eastern and Western traditions.

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