tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2736720231951988221.post5488396372924331763..comments2023-10-07T04:07:56.527-04:00Comments on The End Time: Does it really matter what kind of worship music is played in church services?Elizabeth Pratahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04341086233512507156noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2736720231951988221.post-33040265374089440752013-12-19T10:12:51.957-05:002013-12-19T10:12:51.957-05:00I am sorry Carolyn for not using your name. I don...I am sorry Carolyn for not using your name. I don't know why, but I feel there was a harsh tone to your comment. I was simply asking your opinion of what songs you feel should not be sung in church? I don't understand why I have to do homework to figure out which songs you disagree with?? My question was simply just a question about what you believe, I am sorry if the wrong impression was conveyed.Matt Anoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2736720231951988221.post-22760120398673170532013-12-17T16:45:32.291-05:002013-12-17T16:45:32.291-05:00Elizabeth, you're welcome sister.
Matt A,
...Elizabeth, you're welcome sister.<br /><br />Matt A, <br /><br />First, I posted my name - it is Carolyn. I post my name so people have a reference. <br /><br />Next, do your own homework, friend. Open a hymnal and read the lyrics. Then, turn on the Christian radio and listen to the lyrics of many of the current tunes. <br /><br />If you can't figure it out on your own, nothing I say is going to help. <br /><br />-CarolynAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2736720231951988221.post-31850775110197215832013-12-17T09:29:52.995-05:002013-12-17T09:29:52.995-05:00Anonymous, do you have specific songs that have be...Anonymous, do you have specific songs that have been sung in church that you disagree with as stated in your post?Matt Anoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2736720231951988221.post-86634163155455693342013-12-17T09:28:37.593-05:002013-12-17T09:28:37.593-05:00Anonymous, when you say "sadly much of what i...Anonymous, when you say "sadly much of what is on the radio and sung in churches today frankly is lyrically vacuous, and the style either distracting or unfitting" what radio stations are you referring to? K-love? Christian music stations? Matt Anoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2736720231951988221.post-18301282053044477612013-12-16T06:07:11.332-05:002013-12-16T06:07:11.332-05:00Carolyn, thanks for your beautiful comment and tha...Carolyn, thanks for your beautiful comment and thanks deeply for the scriptureElizabeth Pratahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04341086233512507156noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2736720231951988221.post-35773166333539166102013-12-15T19:08:13.197-05:002013-12-15T19:08:13.197-05:00Yes it does matter. I think we've lost a sens...Yes it does matter. I think we've lost a sense of excellence and reverence in our musical offerings to the Lord. Lyric content & music style both need to be examined for appropriateness to our holy God. And yes, I appreciate some of the quality CCM offerings as much as I love the solid old hymns. But sadly much of what is on the radio and sung in churches today frankly is lyrically vacuous, and the style either distracting or unfitting.<br /><br />Another good scripture to go with this post:<br /><br />"22 Chenaniah, chief of the Levites, was in charge of the singing; he gave instruction in singing because he was skillful." 1 Chron 15<br /><br />-CarolynAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2736720231951988221.post-6131092546495455502013-12-15T09:09:27.340-05:002013-12-15T09:09:27.340-05:00Thank you for reading the blog for two years! Have...Thank you for reading the blog for two years! Have a pleasant Lord's day.Elizabeth Pratahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04341086233512507156noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2736720231951988221.post-85619269794879480242013-12-15T09:09:01.232-05:002013-12-15T09:09:01.232-05:00There's something to be said about those who a...There's something to be said about those who allow all kinds of music without as much as a discernment filter, as well as those who nitpick pretty much everything to the point of suppressing the Spirit. Both extremes are dangerous, and in almost two years of reading this blog, I realize the author has the tendency toward the other extreme.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2736720231951988221.post-55212617732058744582013-12-15T05:40:52.791-05:002013-12-15T05:40:52.791-05:00Have you ever been to a Russian Orthodox Devine Li...Have you ever been to a Russian Orthodox Devine Liturgy? It happens exactly as you describe in this article.<br /><br />I grew up with fundamentalists in the 1980s who ranted and raved about godless communism, but in fact, Russia was never godless, just as the United States was never really Christian. It always surprises people to hear the Boris Yeltsin kept an Icon on his bedstand his entire life. Yes, he was a communist, until he renounced it before the fall, but then again, wasn't there that one general who Elija or Elisha cured of leprosy and who the prophet said would not be condemned for bowing to the donkey god, since the king made him do this? <br /><br />Anyway, I find it interesting that I have experienced what you describe above with the music/holiness by attending Russian, Antiochian, and Greek Orthodox services.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2736720231951988221.post-80460348810052781902013-12-15T05:07:17.732-05:002013-12-15T05:07:17.732-05:00The beat of rock music is the same as a reverse he...The beat of rock music is the same as a reverse heartbeat and has a documented physical effect on a person's heart rate. Amongst a whole host of other things.<br /><br />http://www.av1611.org/neutral.html Jeffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05171219693651832856noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2736720231951988221.post-56830912632116250272013-12-14T16:40:42.402-05:002013-12-14T16:40:42.402-05:00Dr Mohler said "Form matters when it comes to...Dr Mohler said "Form matters when it comes to music, and the form of music is not incidental to the meaning communicated". I agree. <br /><br />I stayed away from the rap controversy so I'm not sure whether this was a discussion over appropriate corporate worship music in church or not. The essay you linked to doesn't really say. I've heard some excellent rap which is Gospel oriented and devastatingly spiritually pointed. But not in church.<br /><br />My point is music has a purpose and the OT prophets showed us what that purpose is: to open one to proper receptivity of the attitude we must adopt as we prepare to enter communion with Jesus; and secondly my other point was that we're mindful of the kind of music we allow because some of it brings overt receptivity to satan and not Jesus. Elizabeth Pratahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04341086233512507156noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2736720231951988221.post-80630847904210151212013-12-14T16:27:10.619-05:002013-12-14T16:27:10.619-05:00Al Mohler recently posted an article on Christian ...Al Mohler recently posted an article on Christian rap on his blog. INteresting perspective and an unexpected conclusion from him.<br /><br />http://www.albertmohler.com/2013/12/01/thinking-about-thinking-about-rap-unexpected-thoughts-over-thanksgiving/Chris Sanchezhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10279273976715273155noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2736720231951988221.post-91587593555638570092013-12-14T15:52:49.254-05:002013-12-14T15:52:49.254-05:00Hi Tara,
Thank you for reading, and for commentin...Hi Tara,<br /><br />Thank you for reading, and for commenting. I'm so sorry that this kind of music is so rampant in your area. I agree, it is heartbreaking. I'm sorrier that the music leader has that attitude. The sacredness of the music as part of worship is not a cafeteria selection of personal preferences and selfish choices. I'm so sorry...definitely pray for him or her. I hope you can prayerfully approach him or her with some verses which the Spirit leads you to which speaks to the issue. :)Elizabeth Pratahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04341086233512507156noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2736720231951988221.post-7813166906424924772013-12-14T15:20:00.309-05:002013-12-14T15:20:00.309-05:00Thank you so much for this. We struggle with the m...Thank you so much for this. We struggle with the music at the church we attend. I love hymns and other songs worthy to be sung to our Savior but I really have a problem with repetitive and trance inducing music that seems to have taken over nearly every church in our area. While our church is solid theology-wise, it was a complete heartbreak to hear that our worship leader will never, ever play a hymn because he doesn't like them. Tara https://www.blogger.com/profile/02648599218597314427noreply@blogger.com