Missing More than Music
When Disputable Matters
Eclipse Worship and Unity

We're missing out ... on agreeing together, on hearing one another's songs, on worship in our daily lives, on passion in our praise, on the dance of David (ever), on fellowship with Christians who disagree, on sharing testimony of God's work in our assemblies, and more.

In the Churches of Christ, some begin to broaden their experience in praise,
wishing they could answer the questions of those who feel left behind.

“Missing More than Music” understands why we look at the same evidence and disagree. There is hope for worship and unity.

We're missing more than music. Let's have all that we've been missing ... together.

We can move forward together in unity
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Your "Missing More Than Music" is a masterpiece.... As the editor and first publisher of "Documents on Instrumental Music" by Tom Burgess, I find your insights compelling. Only a person who has lived with the a cappella movement for some years could possibly write such a treatise.
- Charles Dailey

I think it will be the defining treatment of the subject....
- Dr. Milton Jones


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Table of Contents

Foreword
Acknowledgments
1. My Journey
2. What Happened to Praise When Jesus Came?
3. Five Disputable Matters
Exclusion's First Disputable Matter:
“God Commanded the Early Church to Chant.”
4. Why Do Scholars Disagree?
5. Why did the Early Church Chant?
Exclusion's Second Disputable Matter:
“Texts on ‘Worship’ Only Apply to Christian Assemblies”
6. The “Just Don't Call It Worship” Loophole Part 1:
Do verses on singing praise apply to our “private” lives?
7. The “Just Don't Call It Worship” Loophole Part 2:
The Kind of Worshippers the Father seeks
Exclusion's Third Disputable Matter:
“The New Testament is Silent on Singing Praise with Any Accompaniment”
8. Looking for Evidence
9. A Cappella isn't in the Bible
10. Praise as it “Once Was” ... and was Prophesied Yet to Be
11. Why would God Nail “David's Praise” to the Cross?
Exclusion's Fourth Disputable Matter:
“The New Testament is Silent on Singing or Listening to Solos”
12. When Listening to Praise is a Sin
Exclusion's Fifth Disputable Matter:
“God Desires Division When we Disagree over Praise”
13. You Might Have a Man-Made Rule If...
14. Is It Worth Splitting the Church?
15. Setting Aside our Gift at the Altar
Appendix: My Song