Comments on: discuss: secular music on sunday mornings at church? http://zamagazine.org/blog/discuss/discuss-secular-music-on-sunday-mornings-at-church/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 08:58:05 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 By: Brendan Berkley http://zamagazine.org/blog/discuss/discuss-secular-music-on-sunday-mornings-at-church/comment-page-1/#comment-823 Brendan Berkley Wed, 11 Feb 2009 15:15:57 +0000 http://zamagazine.org/?p=293#comment-823 Ultimately, worship is all about God. However, I think that those who have worship need to be careful with that statement. I could play worship songs with screaming electric guitars at a really loud volume, with someone kicking the double bass as hard as possible. It'd be worship, it'd be all about God, but people would have a tough time worshiping because of the music. I think we need to be sensitive to our congregations. If we have older people who have the hymnal memorized, we should draw on these excellent songs of old, and the younger people need to learn to appreciate them. If we have younger people around, we should play anything from the new songs that Christian artists are singing, and the older people need to understand that this music is okay. Ultimately, worship is all about God. However, I think that those who have worship need to be careful with that statement. I could play worship songs with screaming electric guitars at a really loud volume, with someone kicking the double bass as hard as possible. It’d be worship, it’d be all about God, but people would have a tough time worshiping because of the music.

I think we need to be sensitive to our congregations. If we have older people who have the hymnal memorized, we should draw on these excellent songs of old, and the younger people need to learn to appreciate them. If we have younger people around, we should play anything from the new songs that Christian artists are singing, and the older people need to understand that this music is okay.

]]> By: martin pratt http://zamagazine.org/blog/discuss/discuss-secular-music-on-sunday-mornings-at-church/comment-page-1/#comment-819 martin pratt Wed, 11 Feb 2009 14:38:53 +0000 http://zamagazine.org/?p=293#comment-819 Whenever I hear someone say things like, "The music didn't move me", or " I didn't like the worship set of songs," I aways want to reply, "The worship wasn't for you." When we build or design worship around the whims of people to make them feel comfortable we lose soemthing of the presence of God and we dumb down fresh fire and replace it with false excitement and fire. The song, "It's all about You Jesus" just about sums it up. In all of my years as a believer I have attended only two Churches that fit my musical taste. Whenever I hear someone say things like, “The music didn’t move me”, or ” I didn’t like the worship set of songs,” I aways want to reply, “The worship wasn’t for you.”

When we build or design worship around the whims of people to make them feel comfortable we lose soemthing of the presence of God and we dumb down fresh fire and replace it with false excitement and fire.

The song, “It’s all about You Jesus” just about sums it up.
In all of my years as a believer I have attended only two Churches that fit my musical taste.

]]> By: PCEevee http://zamagazine.org/blog/discuss/discuss-secular-music-on-sunday-mornings-at-church/comment-page-1/#comment-159 PCEevee Thu, 25 Dec 2008 17:15:03 +0000 http://zamagazine.org/?p=293#comment-159 I would say that music should not be necessary to make nonbelievers feel comfortable on Sunday morning. We should be the ones to make nonbelievers feel as welcome as possible through building relationships with them. However, I propose that music alone cannot make a nonbeliever feel comfortable. I would say that services will always be uncomfortable when somebody is presenting a different worldview than your own. Worship services were awkward for me in September 2007 before I truly entered into the New Covenant, and I don't believe that any amount of pandering to me would change my views towards it so long the gospel message was not changed. Certainly, you could try to convince me of your worldview during service, though unless you have a lot of time, you cannot also provide the spiritual needs of the believers. I would say that music should not be necessary to make nonbelievers feel comfortable on Sunday morning. We should be the ones to make nonbelievers feel as welcome as possible through building relationships with them.

However, I propose that music alone cannot make a nonbeliever feel comfortable. I would say that services will always be uncomfortable when somebody is presenting a different worldview than your own. Worship services were awkward for me in September 2007 before I truly entered into the New Covenant, and I don’t believe that any amount of pandering to me would change my views towards it so long the gospel message was not changed. Certainly, you could try to convince me of your worldview during service, though unless you have a lot of time, you cannot also provide the spiritual needs of the believers.

]]>