Music is a very important part of our time together as God's people. Would you agree? In Colossians 5:16 the apostle Paul counsels God's people: "Let the words of Christ in all their richness, live in your hearts and make you wise. Use his words to teach and counsel each other. Sing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs to God with thankful hearts." Singing songs of the faith was important right from the beginning of the church.

My experience with singing in our worship services would indicate that our singing covers three areas: (1) expressing ourselves to God. (2) Songs that express oursel...