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Pilgrim said:
Immediately after the section where the above quote is taken, Dr. Payton discusses the matter of "style". It would definitely be worth everyone's time to read that entire article and then take some time to re-evaluate their relative positions on this matter of music.

And the author's argument for one particular style of worship falls flat on its' face when we look at worship in other cultures. Fact is, everyone's worship service doesn't look or sound like a 17th century presbyterian church.... nor is it supposed to. This is the typical (for lack of a better term) eurocentric slant on Christianity that gets shoved down the throats of everyone from differing cultures than the 'host culture' of reformed theology.

I skimmed (I'm at work) his points on style and each has an error in it, based on his assumption of what is acceptable and what isn't. I may actually print this and take the time to write a rebuttal to this section alone (my degree is Music Education, so yes... I am qualified). I'm not saying he doesn't make any good points... just that his whole premise is wrong.