timfost
Puritan Board Senior
If precedent is on the table, we should not be EP since no one in scripture was EP but many were not.Firstly because of scriptural precedent, prayers and sermons are not tied to a gift of inspiration, and secondly, we’ve not been given or commanded to use a divinely put together collection of inspired prayers and sermons. These seem significant considerations.
Is inspiration always conjoined with singing? When it is, how do we know it’s essential to singing when it is not essential to all praises?
Where does scripture command uninspired praise, preaching and prayer? If there are examples, can we know it wasn’t an exception to the rule?
I am all in for discussing the merits of your argument. But to prove your position, we must start with scripture, not an extra biblical limitation that is nowhere in scripture.
My challenge:
Does any scripture ever justify limiting the content of singing more than the biblical examples of those who sang? This is precisely what EP argues. In my view, it is extra-biblical and not one proof has been offered to contradict this position.