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Scott Aniol, PhD, is assistant professor of ministry and worship at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. He is the author of several books, speaks around the country on the subjects of culture and worship, and blogs at religiousaffections.org

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This review is not a debate with the positions presented in the book (though I could, if you saw my copy, you would see the many "debates" that I had as I was reading the book). Rather, after reading the book thoroughly and carefully, these are the answers that I would give to a friend who asked for a review.

1) The hermeneutical terminology used is novel. Two categories of interpretive methods are presented, encyclopedic (strictly literal) and encompassing (principalizing). The position of the author is the latter. I've never heard of this delineation before; I searched in all of my books, Bible programs, and on the internet and could not find these categories. My presumption is that it is new in this book. The reason, I believe, that the "principalizing" method was asserted is because the N.T. epistles reveal very little regarding congregational music, so in order to build a theology of music, passages of Scripture that are unrelated to N.T. church practice had to be utilized. The book makes generous application of O.T. worship to N.T. church practice. Interestingly, the encyclopedic method is similar to the regulative principal of interpretation and the encompassing method is similar to the normative principal of interpretation; aside from this topic, I'm inclined to think that the author's theological system would be more regulative.

2) The book should be subtitled "A Philosophical Approach To Music And Worship" instead of "A Biblical Approach To Music And Worship." The book has no exposition of Scripture in it. There are quite a few individual verses which are used to cover various topics, but they are more related to word studies and concepts. There are also a few places where there are invalid connections between O.T. worship and N.T. practice (such as we are the temple of God and an holy priesthood.) One of the first things that I did was to go to the index to find out how he treated 1st Corinthians 14, Ephesians 5:19, and Colossians 3:16. He didn't. He mentioned these three passages, and he quoted another author's point of view as it related to Colossians 3:16, but he didn't explain them historically, grammatically, and in context. This is why I say that it should be called a philosophical approach instead of a biblical approach; one would think that if you were developing a N.T. theology of music, that you would rely heavily on these three primary passages of Scripture that deal specifically with music in the N.T. congregation. There is topical/philosophical preaching and there is expositional preaching. If this book were preaching, it would fall in the first category.

3) Logically, this book was a challenge to read. It was laced with straw-men (CCM proponents assert...), false authorities (quoting creeds, confessions and authors instead of Scripture), assumed premises (illustrated in the title) and other logical fallacies. From the very beginning of the book, the assumption is that the purpose of music in the church is worship. While the ultimate purpose of all of life is to glorify God, the N.T. epistles do not teach that the purpose of music in the church is worship. In fact, all 3 of the previously mentioned passages of Scripture assert the usage of music for mutual edification of believers. So, the entire book is built on an assumed premise.

Conclusion: The irony is that I have a very conservative musical philosophy. I would certainly be more comfortable attending the church where this author is the music director than a church with a praise band. However, the hermeneutical approach, the absence of exposition, and the logical fallacies make this a book which turned out to be more laborious and frustrating than edifying or helpful. Finally, to use the words of Paul to Titus, "the commandments of men" turn men from the truth. When men create expectations which are not firmly rooted in Scripture, they open themselves to charges of legalism and actually will turn people away from a balanced and biblical life view.
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