Description
This songbook offers 260 songs that quote or paraphrase texts from Matthew through Revelation. Includes a variety of musical styles and time periods,familiar and accessible tunes, helpful notes, and an index organized by Scripture passage. Key features include a variety of musical styles and time periods, familiar and accessible tunes, helpful notes with usage and musical suggestions, full accompaniments and guitar chords for all the music, additional arrangements for some tunes, percussion suggestions, and indexes by Scripture passage, title, meter, and tune. Most of the texts from the Revised Common Lectionary are covered.
Singing the New Testament is an important resource for worship planners and pastors—and a great addition to any choral repertoire!
Song downloads are also available for purchase at www.Hymnary.org.
Reviews
"A most useful, imaginative, and attractive piece of work. It should help many of us to think more about what we sing and why, and to respond to the Scriptures reflected here." —Christopher Idle, hymn writer
"Wonderfully compiled, simply but eminently arranged, scripted with erudition, timeless appeal . . . looks like you have a real winner!" —Joel Navarro, professor of music, Calvin College, Grand Rapids, Michigan
"It's a great collection, and I've already recommended it to many." —Rev. John Thornburg, preacher/singer