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Have you ever been to a church that did not believe in praising the Lord with musical instruments? Do you wonder how they can teach that, when all through Psalms we are commanded to praise the Lord with both singing and instruments? Well, there’s a teaching out there called the “regulative principle of worship,” which Wikipedia defines as follows: > “The regulative principle of worship is a Christian doctrine, held > by some Calvinists and Anabaptists, that God commands churches to > conduct public services of worship using certain distinct elements > affirmatively found in Scripture, and conversely, that God prohibits > any and all other practices in public worship. The doctrine further > determines these affirmed elements to be those set forth in > Scripture by express commands or examples, or if not expressed, > those which are implied logically by good and necessary consequence. > The regulative principle thus provides a governing concept of > worship as obedience to God, identifies the set of specific > practical elements constituting obedient worship, and identifies and > excludes disobedient practices.  > The regulative principle of worship is held, practiced, and > vigorously maintained by conservative Reformed churches, the > Restoration Movement, and other conservative Protestant > denominations. Historic confessional standards stating the doctrine > The regulative principle contrasts with the normative principle of > worship, which teaches that whatever is not prohibited in Scripture > is permitted in worship, as long as it is agreeable to the peace and > unity of the Church. In short, there must be agreement with the > general practice of the Church and no prohibition in Scripture for > whatever is done in worship. The normative principle of worship is