Our churches … must recover the centrality of the Word in our worship. Music is a biblically require response to God’s Word, but the music God gave us was not given to build our churches upon. A church built on music — of whatever style — is a church built on shifting sands.
Every pastor should know his church hymnal better than any other book except the Bible…. As in coming to know the Bible, the obvious way to master the hymnbook is to use it every day, each time with a definite aim.
Andrew Blackwood, The Fine Art of Public Worship, pp. 99-100