Interesting read on instrumental music

August 21, 2007 Matthew Keedy Clifton Cross Currents

by Matt Clifton

Denny Petrillo, president of the Bear Valley Bible Institute in Denver, offers an interesting review of A New Song for an Old World: Musical Thought in the Early Church by Calvin Stapert. According to Petrillo’s review, Stapert gives historical evidence from the history of the church to support the practice of vocal-only music in the worship of the church.

Stapert is on faculty at Calvin College, a school connected with the Christian Reformed Church.

As readers of this website may recall, a few other denominational works have surfaced recently arguing against instrumental music and for Biblical eldership. See our previous article for more information. It is good to see scholars considering positions that result from taking the Bible as our only guide.

Instrumental Music,