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Originally Posted by Carl
Someone once said "hymnology does what theology can't do". Music seems to reach us sometimes better than just words. Likewise music can help us express ourselves better than with words alone.
Having heard all of the above mentioned "teachings" on music I've been confused during my lifetime to watch most churches gradually move to a more rock style format. I do like contemporary music but also miss a lot of the old hymns and choruses that are no longer used.
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I invited a friend and co-worker to my church who came from a different Christian background.
He arrived early, during the time when our church prays before service, and someone decided to start playing Skillet over the sound system for some unknown reason.
It was very disturbing to him. His statement was "The Holy Spirit inspires peacefulness. This kind of music isn't holy" (I'm paraphrasing since this was several years back).
I took what he said to heart. I'm not against a single genre music, per se. But I am against the idea of thinking we can just do whatever we want with "our music" while demanding that the people we are trying to win to the Lord should "just deal with it".
My church lost the chance to minister to my friend and co-worker, because of the music.
Currently, I am trying to win a different co-worker, who grew up in a very conservative, hymnal only Baptist church. Getting her to come to my church and getting her past the contemporary, sometimes vapid Pentecostal music, is going to be a big challenge.
I wish it wasn't so.
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