[MineralMan]

"Let me ask you a question. If I were to suggest that we add a hamburger and a shake to the Lord's supper, what would you say?"

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Me? I'm not a Christian, so I don't partake. However, if you examing the scriptural basis for that sacrament, it's pretty easy to see that Jesus himself described it. He did not say "Eat some food and drink some beverage in remembrance of me." His words were much more specific, and have been followed down through the years.

There is an enormous difference between the specifics of the bread and wine of communion and Paul's letter where he says it's a good thing to sing as part of worship.

Dogmatic prohibitions that are not strictly defined in scripture are probably not worthwhile. The example of the use of instruments in music is one such. If only to keep the congregation in tune with each other, musical instruments are useful. An a capella congregation is usually not all that musical.

[jkl1122]

The commands that I listed from Ephesians and Colossians are also specific. They mention only singing. There is no mention of mechanical instruments as an accompaniament. Add mechanical instruments is the same as adding any other element to the Lord's supper.

[Oberon]

An a capella congregation is usually not all that musical.

Usually, but the church I was in in college was the exception. Imagine 200 people in a high-arched sanctuary singing the classic Lutheran hymns in 4-part harmony...the first time I visited, we got through the first line of the first hymn and my jaw dropped; I quit singing and gawked, it was so beautiful. There was this one we did, "The Lord Bless You and Keep You," with a fourteen-fold fugue Amen. It would bring tears to your eyes for the right reasons.

[ArrogantBustard]

An a capella congregation is usually not all that musical.

A good cantor can take care of that, can keep the congregation in tune. Note that I specify a GOOD cantor ...

[newgeezer]

Me? I'm not a Christian

Therefore, why should Christians have any interest in your application of Scripture?

1 Corinthians 2:14
But, the natural man does not receive the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him; nor can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned.