I SAY CONSULT LOOPY OR BISHOP2 ON THIS (the "anthem doctors)....but
According to my teaching an anthem is a SCRIPTURE that has been set to music.
(I got the saints at church with this one!!! OOOOOOOOH!)
So, Byron Cage's song "for thou o lord art a shield for me ......" fits PERFECTLY into that category. Every verse and chorus is straight scripture.
So, in the last "y'all need to sing hymns and anthems and do less of that contemporary stuff".....YEP....I TAUGHT IT! WE NAILED IT! And before I taught it I explained to them what an anthem was.
It was funny!!!!!!!!!!!