Posted on 03/19/2008 1:49:56 PM PDT by Between the Lines
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BP)--The mystery is over. The songs going in the new Baptist Hymnal have been chosen.
"Amazing Grace" is there, of course. So is "Holy, Holy, Holy." So are "Sanctuary" and "Shout to the Lord."
"There is a good mix of hymns, worship music and praise choruses," said Mike Harland, director of LifeWay Worship, a part of LifeWay Christian Resources of the Southern Baptist Convention. "We have composers from Beethoven to Fanny Crosby to Travis Cottrell represented in this hymnal."
The new hymnal has 674 hymns and worship songs. "About 300 of these songs are new ones to our hymnal," Harland said. "Of these 300, about 200 have been published in other hymnals and about 100 are brand-new hymns and songs that haven't been published in any hymnal before."
The full list of the songs is available at www.lifewayworship.com.
"The selection process was arduous," Harland said. "There are many hymns and worship songs that are wonderful, spiritually uplifting songs, but our task was to choose the best, most theologically sound songs we could."
An additional 250 titles are included in the WorshipCharts, WorshipTracks and selected WorshipMedia accompaniment editions.
Because the theology of the hymns and songs is so critical, a committee made up of theologians and musician/theologians looked at every hymn to make certain the theology was trustworthy before the song moved forward to the next level of consideration.
Jon Duncan, state music director of the Georgia Baptist Convention, served as leader of the theological overview committee.
"The hymnal is more than a 'song book' to meet a utilitarian need for the congregant," Duncan said. "This hymnal, as with past editions of the Baptist Hymnal, serves many functions, including providing a historical document of doctrinal beliefs of the family of faith known as Baptists."
Each song's suitability was based on these questions:
–- Does the hymn speak biblically of God?
-- Is it God-honoring?
-- Does the hymn present a biblical view of man?
-- Does the song help us to cover the depth and breadth of our theology?
-– Does the hymn call us to true discipleship, service, repentance, witness, missions and devotion?
-– Does the hymn speak biblically of salvation?
-– Does it engage the whole person -– allowing a person to express his deepest feelings?
-– Does the hymn emphasize that Christ is the Christian's Lord, Master and King? (the idea of total submission).
-– Does the hymn present an Americanized/Westernized gospel? (civil religion).
-– Is there a balance with corporate and individual response in worship? (immanence and transcendence).
"I believe that, along with most Baptists, my theology was shaped through the singing of hymns," Duncan said. "The teaching impact through singing our hymns cannot be understated."
LifeWay already is processing orders for the new Baptist Hymnal and offering a discount to churches preordering the pew edition before its release. The hymnals will ship on or before Aug. 8.
"There is an excitement from the churches about the new hymnal," Harland said. "Despite what seems to be a trend, a vast majority of our churches still use hymnals."
Oops, I thought this was going to be more satire.
>> Oops, I thought this was going to be more satire. <<
You mean like, “Mary Had Several Babies”?
If Shine Jesus Shine is in there then I will for the first time in my life advocate book-burning!!!!!
I’d recommend this:
Trinity Psalter
Capture the majesty and joy of God’s inspired worship songs. This metrical, words-only Psalter contains all 150 Psalms. Slim design (3/8” thin). Each metrical selection has a suggested tune (all but four found in Trinity Hymnal) or you can match the tune of your choice.
but it looks like it is on back order.
http://www.gcp.org/products_b.asp?id=988235472&cat=B
PDF of the list of songs:
http://www.lifeway.com/lwc/files/lwcF_CRD_mus_worship_project_pew_edition_song_titles.pdf
I have a Baptist Hymnal, about 15 years old. Good old American hymns in 4-part harmony. Sometimes it’s what I really need. Easy time-signatures, too, and almost everything in C!
I have never heard the song, but looking at the lyrics I can find nothing objectionable.
I see you're still sensitive from getting burned in the other thread about Oliver Stone.
Sorry.
Oh, don't be so silly. Noboby wants to sing from God's songbook anymore.
I hate the Methodist hymnal, the newer one. I tried to find a familiar song to sing at a funeral at the absolute last minute, and had a hard time getting one that was decent and appropriate. I hardly recognized any of the songs. And I know a ton of them from the old Methodist and Baptist hymnals. How sad is that?
Burned? How so? Just because I point out to people that something is satire hardly means I was burned by it. I know Tom in the Box well enough to have known it was satire going in.
I think you got burned …
Best hymnal: “Great Hymns Of The Faith”.
Well, I now understand that you’ve confused SATIRE with PRANK. Sounds like you’ve gotten burned: I’m a Catholic, and as such, I certainly do NOT believe that the deuterocanonicals represent a third testament.
Which is another way of saying they are neither Old Testament nor New Testament (i.e., not the Bible) so y’all invented another slot for them in the 16th century.
Speaking of pranks ...
” Which is another way of saying they are neither Old Testament nor New Testament (i.e., not the Bible) so y’all invented another slot for them in the 16th century.”
They don’t exist as “Deuterocanonicals” in a Catholic bible. The term is used only in reference to the censorship of Martin Luther. Even Wycliffe and Coverdale published them. Luther’s was the first edition to ever have them published separately.
That the Vulgate co-mingled them is made obvious by the numbers of the chapters and verses. Only as a translation of the Hebrew did he handle them separately, for the obvious reason that he did not have the Hebrew available. Those who believed he intended to endorse the Jewish exclusion of those books he called “fools and slanderers.”
The Council of Trent did not add any books to the bible; contrarily, it clarified that certain books need not be known since they included no unique doctrine. These books were 3/4 Esdras and the Prayer of Manasses.
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