Bibliotheca Sacra, Volume 117.
“Robert Shaw, America’s leading choral conductor today, once said in our hearing, ‘Ninety per cent of the music written since Beethoven is not worthy of being offered in praise of God.’ You can be sure that this was quite a startling statement. Beethoven died in 1827, and most of the music we use in our churches was written since that time. My concern was deepened by the fact that he failed to reveal to us what ten per cent it was that pleased God.” (Pages 120–121)
“Revelation looked beyond the present period of Jewish mourning, to the new day when we shall all gather around the throne of God, and when our song of praise in the new Jerusalem shall be accompanied with myriads of harps and trumpets, and undoubtedly instruments of all kinds.” (Pages 119–120)
“This heavenly city will be brought into a relation to the earth at the beginning of the millennium, and perhaps will be made visible above the earth.” (Page 341)
“Since Paphos was located on the western coast, the journey involved traversing the entire island” (Page 231)
“Most of the early church fathers forbade the use of instruments mentioned in the Old Testament.” (Page 119)