Why Do Christians Sing at Church? | Torah | Exodus 15:1-21

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🗓️ 2 June 2022

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Is it important to sing at church? Is one type of music better for worship than others? What's the point of singing to God? In today's episode, Keith uses Moses's song in Exodus 15:1-21 to answer these questions and more. Your support makes TMBT possible. Ten Minute Bible Talks is a crowd-funded project. Join the TMBTeam to reach more people with the Bible. Give now. Like this content? Make sure to leave us a rating and share it with others, so others can find it too. Use #asktmbt to connect with us, ask questions, and suggest topics. We'd love to hear from you! To learn more, visit our website and follow us on Facebook, and Twitter @TenMinuteBibleTalks. Don't forget to subscribe to the TMBT Newsletter here. Passages: Exodus 15:1-21 Your support makes TMBT possible. Ten Minute Bible Talks is a crowd-funded project. Join the TMBTeam to reach more people with the Bible. Give now.

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0:00.0	Welcome to 10 minute Bible Talks, where we connect the Bible to your life in the time it takes to get to work.
0:11.0	My name is Keith Simon and right now we're going through the book of
0:13.4	exodus. Every so often I get asked about singing in the church and the
0:19.8	essential question is what's the point of it? Now usually the people who ask this
0:24.3	question are men and usually they're middle-aged or older. Now many of those guys
0:29.4	come back a few months later maybe a year later and they're like hey you know remember when I asked you what's the point of singing well I totally get it now I love singing it's like the best part of my Sunday morning
0:40.7	when they say they got it what is it that they got?
0:44.0	What if they discovered about the music that's changed their mind?
0:47.0	I mean, it's not the song or the musicians that's changed.
0:50.0	What's changed is now they get the point.
0:52.0	When the Israelites cross the Red Sea, What's changed is now they get the point.
0:53.0	When the Israelites cross the Red Sea and escape from their enemies,
0:56.7	what's the first thing they do?
0:59.0	They sing.
1:00.0	Exodus 15.
1:02.0	I will sing to the Lord Lord for he is highly exalted.
1:05.0	Both horse and driver he has hurled into the sea.
1:08.0	The Lord is my strength and my defense.
1:10.0	He has become my salvation. He is my God and I will praise him. My father's God and I will exalt him.
1:16.0	The Lord is a warrior. The Lord is his name. Now did you notice in this song how many times the words I and my appear? See, what this song is doing is helping
1:26.2	the person personalize God. Who is God for them? Well, he is my strength, my defense, my salvation, my God. I will praise him. I will
1:35.2	exalt him. They sing about who God is and what he has done to save them.
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