Lyrics Review Criteria

I have developed 5 criteria by which to rate a song's lyrics: Scriptural, Christ-centered, Edifying, Encouraging, and Chanty (in their noun forms haha). I'll try to put a numerical value like from 0 to 5 (unless otherwise specified), but then these are rather subjective. As such, in my opinion, it would be better to read my analysis and compare it with your own and of course with scripture. Since we're comparing with scripture, naturally, you'd expect secular songs to be of lower ratings here.

The description of the five criteria are as follows:

Scriptural
It's pretty straight-forward: lyrics are scriptural when they agree with scripture. Complications arise depending on one's theological stance (take "Bring the Rain" by MercyMe which has an Arminian outlook), so of course the numerical ratings here are especially less useful.

Rating
5 - no scriptural inaccuracy
4 - one or two minor scriptural inaccuracies
3 - many scriptural inaccuracies
2 - at least one major scriptural inaccuracy
1 - very little scriptural accuracy
0 - completely unbiblical

Well we define scriptural inaccuracies as major if it contradicts an essential doctrine and minor if otherwise. Ratings with less than 3 are not recommended at all, while those with 4 can still be editted. Secular songs obviously fall on 1 or 0, while Christian ones can range from 2 to 5.

Christ-centered
or God-centered. Pretty straightforward too. It is a bit of a dilemma rating 3 and 2 since they are not necessarily evil, but are an integral part of worship. However, complete focus on them is not good either. I put focus on "man's duty" over that of "blessing" because I think that the former is more noble than the latter. Obviously, secular songs would also either fall on 1 or 0.

Rating
5 - Complete focus on God
4 - Incomplete focus on God
3 - Complete focus on man's duty
2 - Complete focus on blessing
1 - Focus on worldly philosophy
0 - Focus on self-will or worldly pleasures

Encouraging
Songs can encourage us and other people too, especially during congregational worship. This is highly subjective though, and I will not use a numerical rating but instead specify under what kind of circumstances a song can be encouraging. This makes it very theoretical too, since I'd be using mainly my imagination.

Edifying
Edify is to build up or to teach. This shows how much one can learn by meditating on the lyrics of the song. Like the previous criteria, it would be better to not have a numerical rating here, but instead I will list the topics covered by the song.

Chanty
Tendency to become a chant. I'm not sure if this is even a word. Anyway, this might sound negative, but I think a chanty song is fine if it is both scriptural and Christ-centered. Chanty or repetitive songs are easily remembered and easily form an LSS (Last Song Syndrome). Nonetheless, we should worship the Father in "spirit and in truth," and "with all our minds" so do try to avoid mindless chanting. Like the other ratings, this is also subjective so it is best to read and see for yourself if what I say applies to you.

Rating
5 - Too chanty/repetitive
4 - Chanty chorus
3 - Has memorable lyrics
2 - Memorable tune
1 - Hard to memorize
0 - Not memorable at all

So that's that. I will be updating the two previous reviews based on this.