5 Questions To Ask About A Worship Song

5 Questions To Ask About A Worship Song

1. Is Jesus mentioned? If yes, is it in name or concept?
2. Is the song clear? Does it use sentences (with subject, verb, object) or sentence fragments?
3. Is the song about the things that God has done (objective), or about my own emotions and experiences (subjective)? Does the song repeat the same phrases over and over in a hypnotic mantra?
4. Does the song proclaim the law in its sternness and the Gospel in its sweetness? (The Gospel is the promise of the forgiveness of all sins won for us through Jesus’ death on the cross.) Are law and Gospel rightly divided (and not mixed up)? Is the law presented as something that we can do, or does it show us our sins? Is the Gospel conditional (based on my actions, decisions, acceptance)?
5. Is there any explicit false teaching?

From “The Praise Song Cruncher” by Bryan Wolfmueller