Useful Resources in the Local Church Music and Worship Wars (Resources that have at least helped me).

I pray the following resources help to build up and encourage believers.  May these be resources that help Bible-believing Christians to make wise choices in the constant music and worship wars debate.

I am not listing them in any order of value or importance but simply following an alphabetical listing by book title. 


By the Waters of Babylon. (Worship in a Post-Christian Culture). By. Scott Aniol (Kregel, 2015).


***Covenantal Worship. (Reconsidering the Puritan Regulative Principle).  By. R. J. Gore Jr. (P&R Publishing, 2002).

Harmony at Home (Straight answers to help you build healthy music standards) By. Time Fisher (Sacred Music Services, 1999).


Measuring the Music (Another Look at the Contemporary Christian Music Debate) By. John Makujina (Old Path Publications, 2002.


Singing and Making Music. (Issues in Church Music Today). By. Paul S. Jones (P&R Publishing, 2006).


Sound Worship (A Guide to Making Musical Choices in a Noisy World) By. Scott Aniol (Religious Affections Ministry, 2010).


The Battle for Christian Christian Music (2nd Ed.) By. Tim Fisher (Sacred Music Services, 2004).


The Beauty of Holiness (A Guide to Biblical Worship) By. Michael P. V. Barrett (Ambassador International, 2006).

The Worship of the English Puritans. By. Horton Davies (Soli Deo Gloria Publications, 1997).

Treasury of Great Hymns and their Stories.  By. Guye Johnson (BJU Press, 1986).

***What to Listen for in Music. By Aaron Copland. (New American Library, 2009; McGraw-Hill, 1939).

Worship in Song. (A Biblical Approach to Music and Worship). By. Scott Aniol (BMH Books, 2009).


Why Johnny Can't Sing Hymns. (How Pop Culture Rewrote the Hymnal). By. T. David Gordon. (P&R Publishing, 2010).


(Note of caution: Several texts are written by authors holding to positions on music and worship contrary to what this author considers correct.  I would deem these to be less helpful in coming to a Biblically-conservative and theologically accurate position on this issue.  ).***

Hope this is helpful to someone out there.  Comments encouraged.