Wise reflections from Kevin DeYoung (part 1 / part 2), outlined below:
- Love is indispensable to church singing that pleases God.
- Our singing is for God’s glory and the edification of the body of Christ.
- We ought to sing to the Lord new songs.
- Church singing should swim in its own history of church singing.
- Sing the Psalms.
- We should strive for excellence in the musicality and the poetry of the songs we sing.
- The main sound to be heard in the worship music is the sound of the congregation singing.
- The congregation should also be stretched from time to time to learn new songs and broaden its musical horizons.
- The texts of our songs should be matched with fitting musicality and instrumentation.
- All of our songs should employ manifestly biblical lyrics.