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? Copyright 2007 ISBN 10: 1-60063-30-49 ISBN 13: 978-1-60063-004-0

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Dave Miller (1953 - )

Richland Hills & Instrumental Music: A Plea to Reconsider

Includes bibliographic references.

ISBN 10: 1-60063-30-49

ISBN 13: 978-1-60063-004-0

1. Public worship & other practices. 2. Christianity & Christian theology. 3. Sacraments, other rites & acts. I. Title.

203-dc22

2007903519

DEDICATION To Deb--

whose positive influence on my life has been inestimable, profound, and eternal.

Table of Contents

"The Both/And Church--Part 1". . . . . . . . . . . . 2 "The Both/And Church--Part 2". . . . . . . . . . . . 4

"Old Testament Reasons for Accepting Instrumental Music" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 I/II. Commanded and Blessed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 III. Prophesied for the Kingdom? . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Instruments in zamar? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Hebrew Lexicons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 English Translations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Theological Dictionaries and Commentaries. . . 24

Human Inference and Deduction. . . . . . . . . . . . 25 "New Testament Reasons for Accepting

Instrumental Praise". . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 I. Jesus Did Not Address. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Prodigal's Homecoming. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 II. "Non-Issue in Acts"? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

"No Authority for Congregational Singing"?. . . 36 III. Not Prohibited? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

"Daily Walk" Only?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 "Only Solos in the Assembly"? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 "No Command to Sing Only?". . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 IV. In Heaven? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 V. Giftedness?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 "Making it Difficult"? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 "The Authority to Forbid"?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 "Connected to the Cross"?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

"Arguments Against Accepting . Instrumental Praise to God". . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 I. The Psallo Argument. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

Greek Lexical Evidence. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 Summary of Lexical Data on Psallo. . . . . . . . . . 61 Psallo and English Translations. . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

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