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1 | New church? | Bible general Archive 2 | justme | 106982 | ||
New Creature: Your situation is more common than you might think. I could not help wonder if you age is above 45 or so. At any rate My wife and I are over the hill and retired, yet we enjoy the contempory worship very much. The "traditional" worship service is what we were use to for more than 50 years. I miss to older hymns, and we do sing them once and a while. I notice that much of our music is focused on praising the Lord, and lifting up our heart and mind up to worshiping the LORD. I have noticed much of the songs are taken from Scripture and that is very special. One of my favorite songs is It Is Well With My Soul. Having been raised on the Baptist Hymnal most of my life I know most of these old treasured hymns by heart. My experience with Keith Green's music some 20 years ago so touched my heart. The words and melody are very moving. For my wife and I we feel very comfortable in either way of worship. Our church has drums, and stringed instruments and a electronic organ-paino. Nothing makes any of thes musical instruments wrong to praise and worship the Lord. The truth is there are many ways to worship the Lord. The way we worship is just different, not wrong. Change is hard only if we are unmoveable, and unwilling to adapt. Music has for several centuries been an object of strong disagreement and divisions in churches. May I suggest that it is the utmost importance that you and your wife worship together. Someday you may well be alone without her, or her without you, when one of you passes on. I can assure that then you woill look back and wish that the other were sitting beside you, as now you are alone not by choice. I wonder if this is a symton of something deeper going on between you two? I hope this helps, blessings. justme |
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2 | New church? | Bible general Archive 2 | EdB | 106988 | ||
Justme I think we need to make a critical distinction here. Today what is called a problem with contemporary music is a misnomer the issue isn’t beat or style or even instruments the issue is intent and content. Many of the songs used in today’s worship is not praising God but rather the singer of the song. They don’t speak for God’s power and might or of His character and abilities but rather the singer’s abilities and power. Many times instruments aren’t blended in to make a beautiful sound but rather highlighted to demonstrate the players ability. If your church uses contemporary songs that speaks of God and give Him and praise and worship and do it so eyes are focused on God rather than the performers then you are truly blessed. However today much of what is done in the name of praise and worship is done as a performance or to give the people warm fussys. God become ancillary as does the worship of Him. This problem seems to become more prevalent when a contemporary style of music is used thus contemporary music ends up being blamed. I have been in churches that sang nothing but hymns and the praise and worship was nothing more than a show to set the stage for what the pastor hoped would happen next. I have also been in churches where the praise and worship used nothing but contemporary style of music but you had no doubt God was being worshipped through it. I think there is also an issue of sound level to many today louder is better and many musicians have learned that loudness also makes up for a lack of practice. Therefore in many churches the music is so loud your overpowered. Your sense of discernment is lost and you are blared into a condition of senselessness, therefore the music become once again viewed as good. While in fact it was terrible mostly due to a lack of commitment and practice. Once more whether the music is contemporary or classical hymns it should enhance and focus the worship upon God, not detract or blur what is really being worshipped. Any criticism of worship usually is met with the argument your stuck in the past, you don't want to move on. That is not it at all. Those of us that understand and desire to worship God realize the error that is being brought into the church in the name of modernism. It is not an issue of drums or guitars versus organs and pianos it is a issue of content and intent. What is being done for what reason. EdB |
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3 | New church? | Bible general Archive 2 | justme | 107002 | ||
EdB:-) Merry Christmas Ed. Every point you make is true form my perspective as well. There are some who would say any music that is worshipful must be sung with an organ. I am sure you understand what I mean, I hope you do anyway. What many do not know is many of our traditional hymns were melodies taken from the popular music of the time. a good number of tumes came right out of dance music that was played in bars, and other worldly places. The same arguments that we hear today about modern music was also said back then. The issues remain the same only the years have changed to sounds and tempo. We have seen Bill Gathers music become a standard in many hymn books today, and I remember a church that would not allow "that kind of music" many years ago. I am not saying all you have sao\id is not valid. I am saying some issues never change because change is hard for us all. The older some people get the more resistant they are to any change. Hopefully we can be willing to listen and make good judgements about what is worship and what is disrespectful to the Lord. Blessings Ed. justme |
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4 | New church? | Bible general Archive 2 | EdB | 107005 | ||
Justme I agree change is hard and your right many of the tunes written back when did use secular music melodies. However I think one thing has changed most of the older songs were written to worship God today the motivative in many (not all) cases is to make money. It has been learned that if you can stir the people emotionally you will be played. In the past the song was judged on content and intent, did it give glory and honor to God and was it played or sung in a way that honored God. As I said before a true worship song can be played on a drum using a hard rock beat if the primary focus is praising God. But the inverse is also true a hymn played on an organ to exhibit the ability of the player is no more worship than Dean Martin singing Everybody loves Somebody. EdB |
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5 | New church? | Bible general Archive 2 | justme | 107021 | ||
EdB. You are so right. I am reminded of the Scripture in St. Jihn that says true worshipers must worship in Spirit and Truth. I too agree that a good number of "Christian singers" are hard to tell by their lives and music who it is they are singing for and about. This summer one popular song played on a Christian station here had the words "I am ok" over and over. I heard no redemptive quality in the words or melody, and she sang like a rap singer! That is garbage as far as I am concerned. Perhaps one thing we should consider is the singer. There are Christians who entertain, and Christians who have a ministery. I recall a small young lady who was called "Evey" and she was the latter. However "little Richard" was a phoney and his testimony that TBN played over and over a good long time ago proved to be nothing but a lie. I dislike "Christian Rap" music more than I can find words to express. That just is not music in any way known to mankind. Perhaps the ultimate award for messed up theological music content goes to " He's got the whole world in His hands". I remember it being played everywhere. This was a song that brought out the warm fuzzy feelings of being in Gods hands. By the way I once heard "Bridge over troubled waters" song in church. Do you remember the song that said "what will be will be"? This thinking is not in the Lords scheme of things. Well Ed, "may the force be with you". justme |
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