Amazing Grace is sung to the tune of an English drinking song. Music is a heart language we must honor in worship. Music varies from culture to culture. We must understand the power of music if our worship is to connect with the people who need to gospel in our various cultures. Idiom refers to the type of music, Eph.
Songs express our hearts.
New songs express new spiritual vistas. Spiritual growth calls for variations in our music. Music loses meaning with overuse. Without variety, music that was formerly vibrant with meaning can become meaningless repetition. The past is not failure, the past is history.