The songbook of the church should be careful for cheap sentimentality and individualistic songs. It should focus on the great deeds of God.

This article looks at two characteristics of songs in the worship service: they have to be understandable and edifying.

This article looks at the fact that the songbook of the church should have hymns of the church all through the ages and all over the world.

This article is about the text of the song or hymn and its faithfulness to Scripture.

In this article about John Calvin's view of Christian piety (godliness), the relation of justification and piety is also discussed, as well as the relation of piety and the worship service.

This article is about the place of the Psalms in the hymnal of the church.

This article is about what it means that the church must have a biblical hymnal.

The songs of the church are to be scriptural, a sacrifice of praise and aesthetically pleasing.

This article lays out basic principles for evaluating the lyrics of church music suitable for Reformed worship.

This article offers a suvey of the history of church music, identifying a great variety of styles throughout the ages. It considers music in the early church, the Middle ages, and into the Reformation. It gives due consideration to the types of musical instruments used in the worship over the centuries.