This article contains a panel discussion on the appropriateness of changing and modernizing the language of hymns, and criteria for church music.

This article reflects on music in worship, and says that it must be congregationally sound; it needs to be an authentic expression of the voice of the church body. Just how that voice is shaped is under discussion in the article.

This article reflects on music in worship, and says that in the first place it must be doctrinally sound. The article provides a whole host of useful questions that one needs to ask of the text of a song before it is used.

This article gives the considerations of composers when writing tunes for church songs and hymns.

This article reviews Rejoice in the Lord: A Hymn Companion to the Scriptures, edited by Erik Routley. It explains the significance of the book's claim to be "biblical in its basic design, Reformed in its theological orientation, and catholic in its scope.

How can the church serve the hurting and broken through its liturgical music? Singing only victory songs does injustice to God's people. This article explains that the church in its worship services should learn to sing four types of songs.

This article lists ten principles for making wise decisions about church music. Among them are: our singing is for God's glory and the edification of the body of Christ, we ought to sing to the Lord new songs, church singing should swim in its own history of church singing, and all our songs should use biblical lyrics.

This article reflects on music in worship, and offers five observations on how a congregation can find an authentic voice in worship. Among the points of discussion is a reflection on how to sort through music.

This article reflects on music in worship, and says that it must be structurally sound. The text and the tune need to be well-matched. The article provides a host of useful questions to ask in evaluating the merits of a song for worship, and they revolve around three standards: the insight, perfection, and inexhaustibility of the song.

This article shows how biblical songs can be used by Christians to encourage one another in faith through music (Colossians 3:16).

This article reflects on how the textual and musical substances in congregational singing become the building blocks for a life of faith.

Much church music (new and old, "contemporary" or "traditional") is of suspect quality and appropriateness for authentic worship in the Reformed tradition. How should we determine what music is appropriate to sing in worship services? This article reflects on relevant considerations and principles.

This article reflects on the surprising choices of teenagers with regard to the style of church music.

Why should the church sing Psalms? This article on church worship gives reasons for singing the Psalms.

This article echoes the message of the prophet Amos that the praises in song of the church can never be a substitute for deeds of justice.

This article examines some of the hymns of the Brethren Movement that found a place in more general hymnbooks, and reflects on the character and nature of church music and liturgical songs.

In this article on church music, Jeremy Begbie critiques renewal music and modern songs/hymns being used in worship today.

This article examines the doctrine of Christ expressed in the songs of four contemporary worship songwriters: Matt Redman, Tim Hughes, [Martyn Layzell], and Paul Oakley. The author's thesis is that the songs do indeed focus on Jesus, but the Christology is very limited and poor. Insufficient attention is given to the doctrine of the Trinity.