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“Biblically, then, neither music nor song is merely a matter of entertainment or amusement. Both are very serious business, both culturally and religiously. Song is the divinely instituted, divinely commanded, and divinely regulated means of responding to God's great works of creation, preservation, and deliverance. Worship song is both the remarkable privilege and the solemn duty of the redeemed. Therefore, to suggest that worship song is "merely" or "just" anything,
whatever that "anything" is, is to deny the very teaching of Scripture about the importance of worship song in God's economy-an importance so great that it characterizes the life of the redeemed in the world to come.”
― T. David Gordon, Why Johnny Can't Sing Hymns: How Pop Culture Rewrote the Hymnal

“Killing sin is the work of the Holy Spirit. By Him alone is it to be done and by no other power will it ever be done.” Trying to kill sin and behave morally through personal strength and efforts using personal tools and techniques is the foundation of all the false religion in the world.”
― John Owen, The Mortification of Sin

“It almost goes without saying that killing sin is not about hiding it by changing merely external behavior without any change on the inside. When a person only outwardly stops practicing a sin”
― John Owen, The Mortification of Sin

“If we do glory in the cross of Christ”
― Paul Washer, The Preeminent Christ: God's Beautiful and Unchanging Gospel