An investigation into the phenomena and practices of spiritual ...

constituent of worship even where there are no musical instruments, where there issinging for different purposes such as prayer, thanksgiving, celebration and worship. Inthe services observed in both churches music for worship is prominent as backgroundmusic as well as music where some or all the congregation takes part. Evidence for theimportance of music can be found in the orders of services for each church in section4.10.9.2 Contextualising the Origins of Worship MusicBoth non-academic popular and serious academic theological accounts tend to give thelegitimacy of antiquity to the healing effects of music, but sometimes, especially amongevangelicals, there are warnings against “the devil‟s music”. Muddiman‟s (2004)commentary on Paul‟s epistle to the Ephesians (and also on that to the Colossians)shows how the apostle emphasises the importance of speaking to each other in „psalms,hymns and spiritual songs‟ as part of corporate worship.Evangelical Christian theology often sees the use of music in worship as having beencreated in perfection with the angels but having then been made imperfect in partbecause of the angels, led by Satan, who became imperfect. Typical of this demonologyare the writings of Dill (2003), which have since been cited on the internet. In Dill‟sattempt to identify „the devil‟s music‟, he argues that the music that King of Tyrereferred to in Ezekiel 28 is the same as Lucifer in Isaiah and that in both scriptures theangel is presented in a contradictory or sarcastic way as having high esteem as the sonof the morning and at the same time the angel of destruction „fallen from heaven andweakened the nations‟ creation of music reflecting satanic forces, so that music is notalways of a positive healing or spiritual nature.282