Harmonising with God in Our Music and Practices

By Dr Ross V. McKenzie

How to Use This Book

Recommended: Start at Chapter 1 and read all the way through to Chapter 35.

 

Alternatively, it can be used as a reference book. Apart from the contents list, here are the main topics:

 

Topic

Chapters

Aggression in music & in Christianity

18, 19

Antichrist

12, 19, 32

Bias: its influence on our beliefs

29

CCM (Contemporary Christian Music)

10, 27, 28

Church organisation

8

Commercialisation of worship music

27

Congregational worship

21

Dance

24

Doctrinal deficiency in music

25, 26, 27, 28, 29

Drums

18

Ellen White: assessing her prophetic claim

4, 6, 11

Emotion & emotionalism in worship

1, 3, 4, 6, 8, 9, 13

Gender roles & identity

7, 16, 33-34

Healing ministry

15, 23

Hell: eternal torment vs annihilationism

22

Immorality/addictions

33

Indiana camp meeting, 1900

4, 13

Instruments in worship

13, 14, 17, 18

Israelite music & dance

2, 11, 13, 14, 17, 20, 24, 25

Law of God and His character rejected

31, 32

Loud music: symbolism in the Bible

14, 15, 22, 23

Loud worship

20, 21

Low frequency/bass sounds: harms

18

Lyrics

25, 26, 27, 28

Music’s effect on us

6, 9, 10, 18, 21

Ordination of women/women preachers

7, 16

Pentecostal & Charismatic influence

4, 9, 27, 34

Pentecostal & Charismatic roots

1, 3, 4, 26, 34

Perfection/holy living

3, 5

Persecution of Christians

19, 29

Progressive Christianity

34

Religious liberty

19, 23, 29

Sabbath

12, 28, 29, 32

Secular & rock/pop music

10, 30

Separation of Church and state

19

Spiritualism/New Age

34

True worship

2, 11, 12, 35

Vaccinations & modern medicine

15, 23

Worldliness in the church

1, 3, 10, 17, 33, 34

Note: Bold means that topic is the main subject of the chapter.