Singing the Songs of the Lord
- What are ways in which a song service enhances worship? What are ways in which it can spoil worship?
- What has a song leader done in your experience that has made singing more effective?
- Should singers who have less talent be encouraged or discouraged from singing special songs?
- Which is more effective for worship moods, performed music or congregational singing?
Purification
- Why did the Israelites purify the gates and the walls? How had it become defiled?
- What happens to humans when they undergo purification rites?
- If one does not feel spiritually cleansed, what should one do?
The Large Thanksgiving Choirs
- Which is to be preferred, a large choir with whoever wishes to join, or a small choir of only those who have obvious talent?
- What should be done about the words of songs that are performed which cannot be understood clearly?
- What is the function of music in worship? What are ways in which it is misused?
Sacrifice as Part of Worship
- How did animal sacrifices lend itself to teaching the plan of salvation? How much was it a waste of animals?
- How much did it matter whether people fully understood the ritual of the various kinds of sacrifices?
- What was so joyful about sacrifices that the people rejoiced and sacrificed?
Priests and Levites as Part of Worship
- Is there enough rejoicing and celebration in our worship today?
- How much of the function of priests is replaced by the pastors?
- How Biblical is it to have pastors paid through tithes like the priests and Levites were in the Old Testament?
- Should other participants of worship such as visiting preachers and musicians be paid from the tithe?
