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386 – Have Thine Own Way
SEMESTER 6 386 – Have Thine Own Way BIBLE INSTITUTE OF CORRESPONDENCE COURSE: ECCLESIOLOGY VI (HYMNOLOGY) LESSON # 86 THE DOCTRINES AND EFFECTS OF CHURCH MUSIC – HAVE THINE OWN WAY LORD Read: Acts 9:1-9 INTRODUCTION: 1. Often we say, whatever you want is fine with me, but how seldom is it true? 2. The great…
Read More387 – How Firm a Foundation
SEMESTER 6 387 – How Firm a Foundation BIBLE INSTITUTE OF CORRESPONDENCE COURSE: ECCLESIOLOGY VI (HYMNOLOGY) LESSON # 87 THE DOCTRINES AND EFFECTS OF CHURCH MUSIC – HOW FIRM A FOUNDATION Read: I Cor. 3:10-16 INTRODUCTION: 1. Many songs are named not for full content, but for a single line or bar, often the first. 2.…
Read More388 – The Solid Rock
SEMESTER 6 388 – The Solid Rock BIBLE INSTITUTE OF CORRESPONDENCE COURSE: ECCLESIOLOGY VI (HYMNOLOGY) LESSON # 88 THE DOCTRINES AND EFFECTS OF CHURCH MUSIC – THE SOLID ROCK Read: I Cor. 10:1-12 INTRODUCTION: 1. Obviously, the word Rock is used here metaphorically, representing Christ. 2. In the context we have read, Paul warns of any…
Read More389 – The Rock of Ages
SEMESTER 6 389 – The Rock of Ages BIBLE INSTITUTE OF CORRESPONDENCE COURSE: ECCLESIOLOGY VI (HYMNOLOGY) LESSON # 89 THE DOCTRINES AND EFFECTS OF CHURCH MUSIC – ROCK OF AGES Read: Ex. 17:5-7, Jn. 19:32-35, I Jn. 5:6-8 INTRODUCTION: 1. Augustus was a preacher and song writer of great strength and character in his day. 2. Once in…
Read More390 – Take Time to be Holy
SEMESTER 6 390 – Take Time to be Holy BIBLE INSTITUTE OF CORRESPONDENCE COURSE: ECCLESIOLOGY VI (HYMNOLOGY) LESSON # 90 THE DOCTRINES AND EFFECTS OF CHURCH MUSIC – TAKE TIME TO BE HOLY Read: Gen. 24:62-63 INTRODUCTION: 1. “Take time” is, in general, a rejected and resented philosophy in our day. 2. However, growth takes time,…
Read More391 – Jesus, Savior, Pilot Me
SEMESTER 6 391 – Jesus, Savior, Pilot Me BIBLE INSTITUTE OF CORRESPONDENCE COURSE: ECCLESIOLOGY VI (HYMNOLOGY) LESSON # 91 THE DOCTRINES AND EFFECTS OF CHURCH MUSIC – JESUS, SAVIOR, PILOT ME Read: Mat. 8:23-27 INTRODUCTION: 1. This hymn was written by Edward Hopper, the minister of a small church in the New York harbor area. 2.…
Read More392 – Count Your Blessings
SEMESTER 6 392 – Count Your Blessings BIBLE INSTITUTE OF CORRESPONDENCE COURSE: ECCLESIOLOGY VI (HYMNOLOGY) LESSON # 92 THE DOCTRINES AND EFFECTS OF CHURCH MUSIC – COUNT YOUR BLESSINGS Read: Heb. 13:1-6, Ps. 68:18-20, Phil. 4:19 INTRODUCTION: 1. This song is presenting blessing counting as a spiritual therapy. 2. That is to say, “Refuse to be mentally manipulated…
Read More393 – Near the Cross
SEMESTER 6 393 – Near the Cross BIBLE INSTITUTE OF CORRESPONDENCE COURSE: ECCLESIOLOGY VI (HYMNOLOGY) LESSON # 93 THE DOCTRINES AND EFFECTS OF CHURCH MUSIC – NEAR THE CROSS Read: Mat. 27:50-56, Jn. 19:25-27 INTRODUCTION: 1. Here, physical proximity to the cross indicated dedication and attachment to Christ. 2. Neither we nor the song writer have been…
Read More394 – I Love to Tell the Story
SEMESTER 6 394 – I Love to Tell the Story BIBLE INSTITUTE OF CORRESPONDENCE COURSE: ECCLESIOLOGY VI (HYMNOLOGY) LESSON # 94 THE DOCTRINES AND EFFECTS OF CHURCH MUSIC – I LOVE TO TELL THE STORY Read: Acts 8:1-4 and 11:19-21 INTRODUCTION: 1. The story, of which the song writer speaks, is the Gospel. (I Cor. 15:3-4) 2. The…
Read More395 – Jesus Paid it All
SEMESTER 6 395 – Jesus Paid it All BIBLE INSTITUTE OF CORRESPONDENCE COURSE: ECCLESIOLOGY VI (HYMNOLOGY) LESSON # 95 THE DOCTRINES AND EFFECTS OF CHURCH MUSIC – JESUS PAID IT ALL Read: Rom. 10:1-4 INTRODUCTION: 1. Never has a hymn title made a more biblical statement than this one does. 2. It does not merely magnify…
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