Minicast: The Puritans vs. Musical Instruments in Worship

To modern ears, an unadorned, completely unaccompanied church service might sound stark, or even severe. Popular history often dismisses the Puritan commitment to vocal praise as mere prudery or cultural phobia. But behind the closed doors of Elizabethan councils and colonial meetinghouses lay one of the most rigorously debated questions in Reformed history: Can an organ be an act of sin?

Join Nick Reddin on The Puritan Pulpit as we peel back centuries of caricature to examine the true motives behind the Puritan rejection of musical instruments in corporate worship. It wasn’t a disdain for art; it was a profound confrontation over the nature of Christian worship, the authority of Scripture, and the finality of Christ's redemptive work. Prepare to look at corporate praise through an entirely different lens.