I put sing into Biblegateway.com and came up with several verses which tell us to sing. Here are a few examples: Rom 15:9 "and in order that the Gentiles might glorify God for his mercy. As it is written, "Therefore I will praise you among the Gentiles,and sing to your name."" Rom 15:11 "And again, "Praise the Lord, all you Gentiles, and sing praises to him, all you peoples." 1 Cor 14:15 "What am I to do? I will pray with my spirit, but I will pray with my mind also; I will sing praise with my spirit, but I will sing with my mind also." Eph 5:19 "Speak to one another with psalms, hymns and spiritual songs. Sing and make music in your heart to the Lord," Col 3:16 "Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly as you teach and admonish one another with all wisdom, and as you sing psalms, hymns and spiritual songs with gratitude in your hearts to God." Heb 2:12 "He says, "I will declare your name to my brothers; in the presence of the congregation I will sing your praises." James 5:13 "Is any one of you in trouble? He should pray. Is anyone happy? Let him sing songs of praise." Limitations are that the songs are songs of praise that we sing with thanksgiving in our hearts. Harry Ken and Beth Mick <kmickjr@...> wrote: 1. What is the new testament record concerning singing? what are the limitations and guidelines/ 2. While Psalm singing is a great idea, and we should sing them (not exclusively), very few do so. Even the Reformed Presbys do not sing them word for word, they adapt them into songs for the most part. 3. New covenant instruction: Sing praises to the Lord. sing doctrinally accurate songs. Change words to songs you cannot otherwise sing. Ken Mick, Jr > I would have to agree that there are many "hymns" in our hymn books that > I scratch my head and wonder where they came up with that. I can't sing > them. I have to stand there quiet as I can't sing what I don't believe. > On the other hand the Psalms are all the inspired Word of God and written > to be sung... > > Any thoughts? > > Harry > > > --------------------------------- > Start your day with Yahoo! - make it your home page > -- > Read the Sound of Grace pages at > http://www.soundofgrace.com > > To unsubscribe, send ANY message to: > soundofgrace-unsubscribe@... > > To view our online archive go to our web page at > http://www.associate.com/groups/soundofgrace > > ------------------------------ > > End of soundofgrace Digest > *********************************** -- Read the Sound of Grace pages at http://www.soundofgrace.com To unsubscribe, send ANY message to: soundofgrace-unsubscribe@... To view our online archive go to our web page at http://www.associate.com/groups/soundofgrace __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com -- Read the Sound of Grace pages at http://www.soundofgrace.com To unsubscribe, send ANY message to: soundofgrace-unsubscribe@... To view our online archive go to our web page at http://www.associate.com/groups/soundofgrace