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1 | Are new worship songs scripturally OK? | Bible general Archive 1 | Hank | 23260 | ||
Good post, Steve (stjones), and you lend a certain balance to the thread on sacred music. I readily see and concur with your point regarding the merits of contemporary religious music, some of it at any rate. It boils down to being more a matter of taste than anything else. And there's no accounting for taste. The real plumb-line by which any music used in worship should be measured, it seems to me, is its (lyric) conformity to orthodox theology. For decades I've been extremely partial to classical music, and I make no apologies that this fondness has influenced my tastes in sacred music..... By the way, a note about your reference to Presbyterians: I, too, was counted among the "frozen chosen" for some 40 years -- long enough to go from youth to middle age, and long enough to start wearing reading glasses to compensate for my presbyopia :-) Grace and peace to you. --Hank | ||||||
2 | Are new worship songs scripturally OK? | Bible general Archive 1 | stjones | 23286 | ||
Hi, Hank; Thanks for the reply; I was afraid I'd been a little prickly in my post. As a mediocre bass, I've sung Handel's "Messiah" in a local symphony chorus (no solos for me!) and I've sung "O Sifune Mungu", a setting of "All Creatures of Our God and King" written in Swahili, in our church choir. I've been blessed by both of those pieces and by many songs in many styles in between. And I've sung a few I just didn't like very much that I nonetheless think Jesus must have enjoyed hearing. The key is this: Our choir director (he also directed "Messiah") never lets us forget to whom we are singing - an audience of one. Peace and grace, Steve |
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3 | Are new worship songs scripturally OK? | Bible general Archive 1 | Hank | 23288 | ||
"An audience of one" -- I like that, Steve. For a number of years I sang bass in the choir also. And I was much in demand to sing solo -- to sing so low that I wouldn't ruin the whole choir! --Hank P.S. What would the Christmas season be without "Messiah" and Messiah? | ||||||
4 | Are new worship songs scripturally OK? | Bible general Archive 1 | stjones | 23324 | ||
Amen | ||||||