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Living Worship

Wigtune Company is happy to announce that "Living Worship" is now available for FREE on the internet.  This in-depth biblical and historical Bible study for pastors, music ministers, praise bands, Sunday schools or any small group helps the Christian understand the type of worshipper God seeks.  Worship is the presentation of one's entire life to God.  Therefore, as well as uncovering the biblical and historical precedence for church musical and sacramental worship, "Living Worship" calls upon all believers to present their bodies as living sacrifices, holy and acceptable to God. (Romans 12:1)  A study of God's word cannot help but produce a body of Christians who shall worship God as they have never worshipped before!!!

"Living Worship" is presented in outline form with questions that require thoughtful answers to the scriptures and historical information as presented.  To use this study, you must be prepared for a lot of personal Bible time as you will be required to look up a number of bible verses in order to properly answer the questions.  A good Bible teacher always directs his students to scripture.  Therefore, "Living Worship" does not spoon-feed the participant, but rather requires the student to study the Bible him or herself in order to reach conclusions regarding the nature of biblical worship.

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Living Worship

Contents

Part One: Knowing God

Part Two: Worshipping God For Who He is and What He's Done

Part Three: Living Worship

Part Four: Music in Corporate Worship

 

To obtain copies of the workbook, fill out the form below.  Then click to acess the download page.  These files are in PDF formatTo download, read and print out the On Line Wigtune Worship Bible Study Book you will need to have Adobe Acrobat Reader installed on your computer. and require Adobe Acrobat Reader. This software is free over the Internet. You can access the Adobe Home Page to download Acrobat Reader here.  This will allow you to view and print out the On Line Wigtune Worship Bible Study Manual.  Please note the copyright restrictions regarding the use of Wigtune materials.

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Wigtune Company believes that the current contention among Christian generations over church music is unnesessary.  One does not have to chose between the classic traditional hymn and the contemporary praise chorus and song.  Solomon declared that there is a place for everything under the sun. The worship musical material and the worship Bible study book offered at the Wigtune website support this theme. Vision Statement    Don and Vanessa Wigton share the vision of Wigtune Company.  Going to this page will inform the WEB surfer the circumstances that lead to the Wigtune offering of praise song and hymn along with the worship Bible study book that lends theology and history based support to the use of traditional Christian hymn singing in conjunction with praise chorus singing.   Wigtune Story    The Wigtune Company free on-line worship Bible study book is a manual for the use of the pastor, teacher, music minister, Bible study group, sunday school and any situation where a theological and historical lesson regarding worship is desired.  The Bible study is presented in outline form with questions that require thoughtful answers to the biblical and history based information that is presented.   Free On-Line Worship Studybook   

Wigtune Company offers free mp3 praise music in the form of tradtional Christian hymn performed in a contemporary manner and modern praise song and choruses mp3s.  Chord charts to many of these song mp3's are available for non-commercial ministry use.  Free Praise Music and Charts  

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Wigtune Company offers free mp3 praise music in the form of tradtional Christian hymn performed in a contemporary manner and modern praise song and choruses mp3s.  Chord charts to many of these song mp3's are available for non-commercial ministry use. Listen to Wigtune music on live Internet radio

What are they saying about Wigtune praise and worship contemporary and hymn music   Testimonials: What they are saying about Wigtune Praise and Worship Resources

Please help Wigtune Company by observing the copyright restrictions listed on this page.  The praise and worship materials (praise songs and hymns) have been offered up for free with love!  Copyright Restrictions    

What do you think of Wigtune's offering of praise music and worship study materials?  Let us know by e-mailing us?   Contact Us    If you have been blessed by the free praise music (praise choruses and traditional hymns) and the worship study book, don't keep it to yourself.  Click here to see how you can spread the word!   Spread the Word!

Click here to find out what organization are utilizing Wigtune contemporary Christian and traditional praise and worship music, chord charts, and online worship Bible study.  Where's Wiggy?  Links to Christian Organizations

Click here to view the Wigtune statement of faith based upon orthodox Christian beliefs.  It is upon this profession that proclaims the doctrines of historical Christianity that the Wigtune praise and worship music and Bible study have been formulated.  Statement of Faith

For Christians home is the eternal resting place with Jesus.  If you click here, though, you will go back to the Wigtune Home Page where free contemporary and traditional Christian praise music and an online worship Bible study book is being offered.    Home

 

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Living Worship

Contents

Part One: Knowing God

Part Two: Worshipping God For Who He is and What He's Done

Part Three: Living Worship

Part Four: Music in Corporate Worship

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PART ONE

Knowing God

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How is the knowledge of God attained?

There are a multitude of people of different persuasions today who claim to know God. Likewise, many others are accredited with knowing God. Followers flock around worship leaders of various faiths who draw them into many experiences that produce enlightenment and pull on every emotion. Audiences today are impressed with those leaders who purport to have "experienced" God in a supernatural way. Those who have experienced the supernatural are said to be the "spiritual ones" who truly know God. Yet many of these acclaimed leaders direct their followers into serious error.

In light of the current non-Christian religious deception that has infiltrated Western culture, Christian leadership today carries with it a lot of responsibility. Most people view their Church leaders as ones who know God and have the ability to impart this knowledge to others. Because of non-Christian dogmas, there is a lot of confusion today (even in Christian circles) regarding how God can be known. Thus all those who desire to enter into public Christian ministry are duty-bound to understand what the Bible says about how God is known.

Saving faith must be more than sincere. It must be right. It must proceed out of a correct view of God that is based upon knowledge of Him founded in truth rather than vain imagination.

Worshippers of the true and living God must worship God’s way. It must be done in spirit and truth. John 4:21

 

LESSON ONE: The Fall -- Sin in the Garden of Eden

LESSON TWO: God’s Provision for Sin

LESSON THREE: Rebellion at Babel Part 1

LESSON FOUR: Rebellion at Babel Part 2

LESSON FIVE: Rebellion at Babel Part 3

LESSON SIX: Rebellion at Babel Part 4

LESSON SEVEN: Sin’s resolution

THE TEACHINGS OF THE BIBLE

LESSON EIGHT: Knowing God -- Initiated by God (Part 1)

LESSON NINE: Knowing God -- Initiated by God (Part 2)

LESSON TEN: Knowing God -- His creation

LESSON ELEVEN: The importance of gaining knowledge of God

LESSON TWELVE: Knowing God -- the guidance of the Holy Spirit

LESSON THIRTEEN: Knowing God -- His Holy Word

LESSON FOURTEEN: Knowing God -- Through the ministry of His people (the Church)

LESSON FIFTEEN: Knowing God - prayer

LESSON SIXTEEN Part One: Knowing God -- conclusion

LESSON SIXTEEN Part Two: Knowing God -- conclusion

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What are they saying about Wigtune praise and worship contemporary and hymn music   Testimonials: What they are saying about Wigtune Praise and Worship Resources

 Click to go back to the table of contents for the Wigtune worship Bible study.   Back to Contents

Wigtune Company believes that the current contention among Christian generations over church music is unnesessary.  One does not have to chose between the classic traditional hymn and the contemporary praise chorus and song.  Solomon declared that there is a place for everything under the sun. The worship musical material and the worship Bible study book offered at the Wigtune website support this theme. Vision Statement    Don and Vanessa Wigton share the vision of Wigtune Company.  Going to this page will inform the WEB surfer the circumstances that lead to the Wigtune offering of praise song and hymn along with the worship Bible study book that lends theology and history based support to the use of traditional Christian hymn singing in conjunction with praise chorus singing.   Wigtune Story    The Wigtune Company free on-line worship Bible study book is a manual for the use of the pastor, teacher, music minister, Bible study group, sunday school and any situation where a theological and historical lesson regarding worship is desired.  The Bible study is presented in outline form with questions that require thoughtful answers to the biblical and history based information that is presented.   Free On-Line Worship Studybook   

Wigtune Company offers free mp3 praise music in the form of tradtional Christian hymn performed in a contemporary manner and modern praise song and choruses mp3s.  Chord charts to many of these song mp3's are available for non-commercial ministry use.  Free Praise Music and Charts

Wigtune Company offers free mp3 praise music in the form of tradtional Christian hymn performed in a contemporary manner and modern praise song and choruses mp3s.  Chord charts to many of these song mp3's are available for non-commercial ministry use. Listen to Wigtune music on live Internet radio

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What are they saying about Wigtune praise and worship contemporary and hymn music Testimonials: What they are saying about Wigtune Praise and Worship Resources

 Please help Wigtune Company by observing the copyright restrictions listed on this page.  The praise and worship materials (praise songs and hymns) have been offered up for free with love!  Copyright Restrictions    

What do you think of Wigtune's offering of praise music and worship study materials?  Let us know by e-mailing us?   Contact Us    If you have been blessed by the free praise music (praise choruses and traditional hymns) and the worship study book, don't keep it to yourself.  Click here to see how you can spread the word!   Spread the Word!

Click here to find out what organization are utilizing Wigtune contemporary Christian and traditional praise and worship music, chord charts, and online worship Bible study.  Where's Wiggy?  Links to Christian Organizations

Click here to view the Wigtune statement of faith based upon orthodox Christian beliefs.  It is upon this profession that proclaims the doctrines of historical Christianity that the Wigtune praise and worship music and Bible study have been formulated.  Statement of Faith

For Christians home is the eternal resting place with Jesus.  If you click here, though, you will go back to the Wigtune Home Page where free contemporary and traditional Christian praise music and an online worship Bible study book is being offered.    Home

 

PART TWO

WORSHIPPING GOD FOR WHO HE IS AND WHAT HE’S DONE

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The god of the world’s false religious system is an undefined entity. One modern representation of this god is the force in Star Wars that lacks personality, attributes or moral preference. Like the pagan Yin and Yang, the force of Star Wars could be used for both good and evil

According to pagan theology, man is at the center of his own universe. Because, to the pagan, God is all, then all men are gods themselves. Hence, God is made in man’s image and God is defined according to the characteristics of man.

Worship to the pagan, therefore, is man centered and focused on an undefined and non-absolute god who, like a chameleon, changes according to the dictates of each worshipper. The worship liturgy of this group of worshippers, therefore, needs to be very generic and undefined in its portrayal of god so that each worshipper can adapt the text to his/her own view of God. Because pagan worship is centered on man, it focuses on man’s needs rather than God’s nature. Because the foundation of truth to paganism is based upon what each individual "feels" is right (existentialism), pagan worship is founded on emotionalism.

The true and living God whom Christians worship has specific attributes and represents specific truths and moral principles that are external to man and unalterable. God also has a distinct personality and acts in specific ways based upon His nature.

According to the Bible, man has been fashioned in God’s image. Therefore, to understand man and where he stands in relation to eternity, one must know who God is. Rather than conforming God to his image, the Christian is shaped according to God’s will.

Since the Christian maintains a God-centered theology, worship is centered around God who has specific attributes and embodies absolute truth. Christian worship, therefore, is founded upon external absolutes determined by God’s nature rather than individual feelings and opinions. Hence the text of Christian praise, in order to distinguish itself from pagan ritual, must reflect the nature and works of God as defined according to how He has revealed Himself in His holy Word. Otherwise, too much about who God is and who is being worshipped will be left to individual imagination and personal beliefs.

Christian worship must call on worshippers to respond intelligently to the God of the Bible.

Romans 12:1-2

 

LESSON ONE: Worshipping God for who He is and what He has done

 Descriptive Praise (Who God Is) Defining the God who we praise

LESSON TWO: God is

LESSON THREE: God is Great and Glorious Lesson Four: God is the Creator of all things

LESSON FIVE: God is personal

LESSON SIX: God is True

LESSON SEVEN: God is Infinite and Eternal

LESSON EIGHT: God is Free

LESSON NINE: God is Holy

LESSON TEN: God is Good

LESSON ELEVEN: God is Omniscient

LESSON TWELVE: God is Omnipresent

LESSON THIRTEEN: God is Omnipotent

LESSON FOURTEEN: God is Immutable

LESSON FIFTEEN: God is Sovereign

LESSON SIXTEEN: God is Love

LESSON SEVENTEEN: God is Just/Righteous

LESSON EIGHTEEN: God is Merciful

 

Declarative Praise (What God Does)

LESSON NINETEEN: God created us in His image

LESSON TWENTY: God loves us

LESSON TWENTY-ONE: The Incarnation

LESSON TWENTY-TWO: God suffered and died to save us from the penalty of sin

LESSON TWENTY-THREE: Jesus rose from the dead

LESSON TWENTY-FIVE: God forgives us of our sin

LESSON TWENTY-SIX: God sustains us

LESSON TWENTY-SEVEN: There is none who can be compared with our great God!

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Click to go back to the table of contents for the Wigtune worship Bible study.   Back to Contents

Wigtune Company believes that the current contention among Christian generations over church music is unnesessary.  One does not have to chose between the classic traditional hymn and the contemporary praise chorus and song.  Solomon declared that there is a place for everything under the sun. The worship musical material and the worship Bible study book offered at the Wigtune website support this theme. Vision Statement    Don and Vanessa Wigton share the vision of Wigtune Company.  Going to this page will inform the WEB surfer the circumstances that lead to the Wigtune offering of praise song and hymn along with the worship Bible study book that lends theology and history based support to the use of traditional Christian hymn singing in conjunction with praise chorus singing.   Wigtune Story    The Wigtune Company free on-line worship Bible study book is a manual for the use of the pastor, teacher, music minister, Bible study group, sunday school and any situation where a theological and historical lesson regarding worship is desired.  The Bible study is presented in outline form with questions that require thoughtful answers to the biblical and history based information that is presented.   Free On-Line Worship Studybook   

Wigtune Company offers free mp3 praise music in the form of tradtional Christian hymn performed in a contemporary manner and modern praise song and choruses mp3s.  Chord charts to many of these song mp3's are available for non-commercial ministry use.  Free Praise Music and Charts

Wigtune Company offers free mp3 praise music in the form of tradtional Christian hymn performed in a contemporary manner and modern praise song and choruses mp3s.  Chord charts to many of these song mp3's are available for non-commercial ministry use. Listen to Wigtune music on live Internet radio

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What are they saying about Wigtune praise and worship contemporary and hymn music Testimonials: What they are saying about Wigtune Praise and Worship Resources

 Please help Wigtune Company by observing the copyright restrictions listed on this page.  The praise and worship materials (praise songs and hymns) have been offered up for free with love!  Copyright Restrictions    

What do you think of Wigtune's offering of praise music and worship study materials?  Let us know by e-mailing us?   Contact Us    If you have been blessed by the free praise music (praise choruses and traditional hymns) and the worship study book, don't keep it to yourself.  Click here to see how you can spread the word!   Spread the Word!

Click here to find out what organization are utilizing Wigtune contemporary Christian and traditional praise and worship music, chord charts, and online worship Bible study.  Where's Wiggy?  Links to Christian Organizations

Click here to view the Wigtune statement of faith based upon orthodox Christian beliefs.  It is upon this profession that proclaims the doctrines of historical Christianity that the Wigtune praise and worship music and Bible study have been formulated.  Statement of Faith

For Christians home is the eternal resting place with Jesus.  If you click here, though, you will go back to the Wigtune Home Page where free contemporary and traditional Christian praise music and an online worship Bible study book is being offered.    Home

 

PART THREE

LIVING WORSHIP

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Pagan religions view worship as an event. It is something that occurs in a specific time and in a specific place. Worship to the pagan generally involves the act of transcending to the supernatural world through an altered state of mind. The mind is altered through the use of drugs and mantras. Mantras involve the use of repeated words that help the worshipper to escape the world by turning off his/her mind. Jesus Himself offered up a rebuke in regards to the utilization of these meaningless repetitive phrases. (Matt 6:7) In addition the pagan attempts to reach God through self-abasement exercises meant to appease. (I Kings 18:28) Jesus rebuked this type of activity as well. (Matt 6:16) The self-abasement or mutilation principle has created the pagan "worship leader" such as the Hindu yoga who attempts to "disappear" so that he can become a channel to God. If the worshipper’s attention is drawn to a person, it is believed that worship is hindered. Therefore, the gifts and abilities of the individual are suppressed in order to insure that God can be contacted without human distraction. This is believed because worship to the pagan is an event centered around the act of finding God. When one is using worship to connect with God, then humanity could only be an unwanted distraction.

Christian worship, on the other hand, emanates from a daily acknowledgment of the God who is there. People are not seen as obstacles to worship, but rather the vehicles of worship. God is glorified in the life of the believer and, as worshippers see His glory manifested through humanity, He is Glorified and worshipped all the more. Humanity and the gifts that God has given, are seen as attributes which inspire worship rather than being inhibitions. Christian worship is not an act of finding God, but rather a living response to the God who has revealed Himself in the creation, through His people and through His Holy Word. As Jesus explained to the woman at the well, Christian worship is not an event that occurs in a particular place and a specific time. Rather worship is a lifestyle accomplished in spirit and truth. (Jn 4:21-24). The Christian worshipper lives his entire life in an appropriate fashion before the ever-present God who is always near.

The following materials will uncover the nature of this lifestyle of worship as it is manifested in the believer’s life.

Those who worship the True and Living God

present their whole bodies before Him and an act of daily sacrifice.

Romans 12:1-2

 

LESSON ONE: The Definition of Worship Part 1

LESSON TWO: The Definition of Worship Part 2

LESSON THREE: Worshipping in Spirit and Truth

LESSON FOUR: The Worship of the Martyrs

LESSON FIVE: The Priesthood of the Believer Part 1

LESSON SIX: The Priesthood of the Believer Part 2

LESSON SEVEN: The Priesthood of the Believer Part 3

LESSON EIGHT: The Priesthood of the Believer Part 4

LESSON NINE: The Priesthood of the Believer Part 5

LESSON TEN: The Priesthood of the Believer Part 6

LESSON ELEVEN: Worshipping in the Tabernacle Part 1

LESSON TWELVE: Worshipping in the Tabernacle Part 2

LESSON THIRTEEN: Worshipping in the Tabernacle Part 3

LESSON FOURTEEN: Worshipping in the Tabernacle Part 4

LESSON FIFTEEN: Worshipping in the Tabernacle Part 5

LESSON SIXTEEN: Worshipping in the Tabernacle Part 6

LESSON SEVENTEEN: Worshipping in the Tabernacle Part 6

LESSON EIGHTTEEN: Worshipping in the Tabernacle Part 7

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  Click to go back to the table of contents for the Wigtune worship Bible study.   Back to Contents

Wigtune Company believes that the current contention among Christian generations over church music is unnesessary.  One does not have to chose between the classic traditional hymn and the contemporary praise chorus and song.  Solomon declared that there is a place for everything under the sun. The worship musical material and the worship Bible study book offered at the Wigtune website support this theme. Vision Statement    Don and Vanessa Wigton share the vision of Wigtune Company.  Going to this page will inform the WEB surfer the circumstances that lead to the Wigtune offering of praise song and hymn along with the worship Bible study book that lends theology and history based support to the use of traditional Christian hymn singing in conjunction with praise chorus singing.   Wigtune Story    The Wigtune Company free on-line worship Bible study book is a manual for the use of the pastor, teacher, music minister, Bible study group, sunday school and any situation where a theological and historical lesson regarding worship is desired.  The Bible study is presented in outline form with questions that require thoughtful answers to the biblical and history based information that is presented.   Free On-Line Worship Studybook   

Wigtune Company offers free mp3 praise music in the form of tradtional Christian hymn performed in a contemporary manner and modern praise song and choruses mp3s.  Chord charts to many of these song mp3's are available for non-commercial ministry use.  Free Praise Music and Charts

Wigtune Company offers free mp3 praise music in the form of tradtional Christian hymn performed in a contemporary manner and modern praise song and choruses mp3s.  Chord charts to many of these song mp3's are available for non-commercial ministry use. Listen to Wigtune music on live Internet radio

Wigtune CD's

What are they saying about Wigtune praise and worship contemporary and hymn music Testimonials: What they are saying about Wigtune Praise and Worship Resources

 Please help Wigtune Company by observing the copyright restrictions listed on this page.  The praise and worship materials (praise songs and hymns) have been offered up for free with love!  Copyright Restrictions    

What do you think of Wigtune's offering of praise music and worship study materials?  Let us know by e-mailing us?   Contact Us    If you have been blessed by the free praise music (praise choruses and traditional hymns) and the worship study book, don't keep it to yourself.  Click here to see how you can spread the word!   Spread the Word!

Click here to find out what organization are utilizing Wigtune contemporary Christian and traditional praise and worship music, chord charts, and online worship Bible study.  Where's Wiggy?  Links to Christian Organizations

Click here to view the Wigtune statement of faith based upon orthodox Christian beliefs.  It is upon this profession that proclaims the doctrines of historical Christianity that the Wigtune praise and worship music and Bible study have been formulated.  Statement of Faith

For Christians home is the eternal resting place with Jesus.  If you click here, though, you will go back to the Wigtune Home Page where free contemporary and traditional Christian praise music and an online worship Bible study book is being offered.    Home

 

PART FOUR

MUSIC IN CORPORATE WORSHIP

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There is a lively discussion today regarding the nature of music in the Church. People stand on each side of the fence proclaiming the truth of their position. On one side stand the traditionalists. They insist that the only music that the Church should be involved in are the hymns that have been passed down through the ages. They declare that the great doctrines of the Bible that are pronounced in these musical works are that which causes them to adore God all the more. On the other side of the controversy are the contemporary advocates who believe that only the praise choruses are adequate vehicles of worship inspiration. They insist that the hymns are too staunch, too wordy and too negligent of the personal element to be worshipful.

Music has been a source of argument for the Church since its foundation. Throughout Church history many musical trends have been followed. A look at these developments will provide a wealth of information in regards to the sources and value of the music that is being discussed among church attendees today. Hopefully within the following pages, the student of the Bible will uncover some answers to the questions that are being posed today. With that information, a suitable and biblical direction for church musical worship can be established.

Other than an investigation into musical styles that produce mantras, this study does not intend to advance one musical style over another. There will be no discussion promoting or discouraging the use of organ music, guitars or drums. The purpose of this study is to investigate the lyrical content and use of music in the Church in order to determine approaches that are theologically correct according to the understanding of Christian worship that has already been presented.

If the student is interested in promoting one style of music over another as that which is appropriate for church, he will be disappointed with this study. However, if he seeks for that which is biblical then many conflicts that exist today in the ever-continuing controversy involving music will be resolved.

 

LESSON ONE: Babylonian Music Part 1

LESSON TWO: Babylonian Music Part 2

LESSON THREE: Music of the Early Church

LESSON FOUR: The Creeds Part 1

LESSON FIVE: The Creeds Part 2

LESSON SIX: The Worship Forms (Prayers and Praises) of the New Testament Church

LESSON SEVEN: Psalms, Hymns and Spiritual Songs

LESSON EIGHT: Worship Forms of the Medieval Church Part 1

LESSON NINE: Worship Forms of the Medieval Church Part 2

LESSON TEN: Worship Forms of the Medieval Church Part 3

LESSON ELEVEN: Worship forms of the Reformation

LESSON TWELVE: Reformation English Hymn Singing

LESSON THIRTEEN: The Romantic period

LESSON FOURTEEN: The Rise of Theological Humanism

LESSON FIFTEEN: The Late-Nineteenth Apostasy

LESSON SIXTEEN: The nineteenth century evangelicals

LESSON SEVENTEEN: The Great Pursuit

LESSON EIGHTEEN: The Sixties Revolution

LESSON NINETEEN: The Counter Culture Church

LESSON TWENTY: Exercises in praise

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Wigtune Company believes that the current contention among Christian generations over church music is unnesessary.  One does not have to chose between the classic traditional hymn and the contemporary praise chorus and song.  Solomon declared that there is a place for everything under the sun. The worship musical material and the worship Bible study book offered at the Wigtune website support this theme. Vision Statement    Don and Vanessa Wigton share the vision of Wigtune Company.  Going to this page will inform the WEB surfer the circumstances that lead to the Wigtune offering of praise song and hymn along with the worship Bible study book that lends theology and history based support to the use of traditional Christian hymn singing in conjunction with praise chorus singing.   Wigtune Story    The Wigtune Company free on-line worship Bible study book is a manual for the use of the pastor, teacher, music minister, Bible study group, sunday school and any situation where a theological and historical lesson regarding worship is desired.  The Bible study is presented in outline form with questions that require thoughtful answers to the biblical and history based information that is presented.   Free On-Line Worship Studybook   

 

Wigtune Company believes that the current contention among Christian generations over church music is unnesessary.  One does not have to chose between the classic traditional hymn and the contemporary praise chorus and song.  Solomon declared that there is a place for everything under the sun. The worship musical material and the worship Bible study book offered at the Wigtune website support this theme. Vision Statement    Don and Vanessa Wigton share the vision of Wigtune Company.  Going to this page will inform the WEB surfer the circumstances that lead to the Wigtune offering of praise song and hymn along with the worship Bible study book that lends theology and history based support to the use of traditional Christian hymn singing in conjunction with praise chorus singing.   Wigtune Story    The Wigtune Company free on-line worship Bible study book is a manual for the use of the pastor, teacher, music minister, Bible study group, sunday school and any situation where a theological and historical lesson regarding worship is desired.  The Bible study is presented in outline form with questions that require thoughtful answers to the biblical and history based information that is presented.   Free On-Line Worship Studybook   

Wigtune Company offers free mp3 praise music in the form of tradtional Christian hymn performed in a contemporary manner and modern praise song and choruses mp3s.  Chord charts to many of these song mp3's are available for non-commercial ministry use.  Free Praise Music and Charts

Wigtune Company offers free mp3 praise music in the form of tradtional Christian hymn performed in a contemporary manner and modern praise song and choruses mp3s.  Chord charts to many of these song mp3's are available for non-commercial ministry use. Radio: Listen to Wigtune music on live Internet radio

Wigtune Company offers free mp3 praise music in the form of tradtional Christian hymn performed in a contemporary manner and modern praise song and choruses mp3s.  Chord charts to many of these song mp3's are available for non-commercial ministry use.   Wigtune CD's

What are they saying about Wigtune praise and worship contemporary and hymn music Testimonials: What they are saying about Wigtune Praise and Worship Resources

 Please help Wigtune Company by observing the copyright restrictions listed on this page.  The praise and worship materials (praise songs and hymns) have been offered up for free with love!  Copyright Restrictions    

What do you think of Wigtune's offering of praise music and worship study materials?  Let us know by e-mailing us?   Contact Us    If you have been blessed by the free praise music (praise choruses and traditional hymns) and the worship study book, don't keep it to yourself.  Click here to see how you can spread the word!   Spread the Word!

Click here to find out what organization are utilizing Wigtune contemporary Christian and traditional praise and worship music, chord charts, and online worship Bible study.  Where's Wiggy?  Links to Christian Organizations

Click here to view the Wigtune statement of faith based upon orthodox Christian beliefs.  It is upon this profession that proclaims the doctrines of historical Christianity that the Wigtune praise and worship music and Bible study have been formulated.  Statement of Faith

For Christians home is the eternal resting place with Jesus.  If you click here, though, you will go back to the Wigtune Home Page where free contemporary and traditional Christian praise music and an online worship Bible study book is being offered.    Home

 Back to the Wigtune Home Page: Free mp3 praise music and hymns sung in a contemporary fashion.  On-line worship study book for the Bible student, music ministers, pastor and song leaders is also available!

 

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