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The Tone Deaf Singer
challies.com ^ | May 28, 2014 | Tim Challies

Posted on 05/28/2014 6:41:33 AM PDT by Gamecock

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1 posted on 05/28/2014 6:41:33 AM PDT by Gamecock
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To: Gamecock

This author needs to get out more...

http://www.gettymusic.com


2 posted on 05/28/2014 6:50:00 AM PDT by gov_bean_ counter (Romans 1:22 Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools)
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To: Gamecock
The prosperity gospel has not produced a new generation of great Christian hymns. Neither have Positive Thinking or Progressive Christianity. There is a reason we would not expect them to. The fact is, the deepest songs come from the deepest truth. The most faithful songs come from the most faithful expressions of the Christian faith. The richest songs come from the richest understanding of who God is and what God has done.

PFL

3 posted on 05/28/2014 6:50:49 AM PDT by Alex Murphy ("the defacto Leader of the FR Calvinist Protestant Brigades")
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To: gov_bean_ counter
The author didn't say there is not good music today. He said there is no good music rising out of the Prosperity Gospel movement.

The Gettys do not fall under that umbrella.

4 posted on 05/28/2014 7:00:33 AM PDT by Gamecock (#BringTheAdultsBackToDC)
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To: Gamecock

Oh, I don’t know. Most people enjoy singing the same phrase 800 times with their hands in the air. And, heck, if people like it, it’s got to be good.


5 posted on 05/28/2014 7:00:52 AM PDT by AD from SpringBay (http://jonah2eight.blogspot.com/)
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To: Gamecock
Stand corrected.

Thanks.

6 posted on 05/28/2014 7:02:14 AM PDT by gov_bean_ counter (Romans 1:22 Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools)
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To: Gamecock

Never understood the Prosperity Gospel thing. Even though the Gospel exhorts: Blessed are the poor in spirit, I don’t believe God wants me to live in squalor. If one is blessed with material wealth, I believe one has an obligation to be very charitable. I could be wrong, but the little I have read on Prosperity Gospel is if one has a positive attitude one’s energy will attract riches and blessings (material and spiritual). But, my question is where does one go from here? As we all know, money changes people. Is there any exhortation to beware of this negative change that happens in many people when they acquire wealth?


7 posted on 05/28/2014 7:04:00 AM PDT by brooklyn dave (Let's drag out Lewinsky when Hillary runs--she was a victimized woman, no?)
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To: AD from SpringBay

Southern Baptists used to do it with “Just as I am”.


8 posted on 05/28/2014 7:04:31 AM PDT by gov_bean_ counter (Romans 1:22 Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools)
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To: Gamecock

Spent last night at the hospital with my wife who had cervical fusion surgery. She got more sleep than i did. A little punch drunk today.


9 posted on 05/28/2014 7:05:37 AM PDT by gov_bean_ counter (Romans 1:22 Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools)
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To: Gamecock

Check songwriters like Daniel Nahmod.


10 posted on 05/28/2014 7:06:33 AM PDT by TBP (Obama lies, Granny dies.)
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To: Gamecock
He said there is no good music rising out of the Prosperity Gospel movement.

Which isn't so.

11 posted on 05/28/2014 7:08:25 AM PDT by TBP (Obama lies, Granny dies.)
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“Amazing grace, how sweet the sound that saved a wretch like me...”

“Would he devote that sacred head for such a worm as I?”

The above are powerful lyrics from two different classic hymns that acknowledge a basic Biblical truth. That truth is that man is inherently sinful and needs a savior. That truth is the basic truth that, I believe, marks a basic dividing line between liberals and conservatives.

Liberals live in a fantasy land where men are basically good. They continue to sing “Where have all the flowers gone” and wonder why we can’t all get along and coexist. Utopia is possible, they think, if only the right smart people take charge.

This is a good summary by Tim Challies. Pay attention to the lyrics in the songs you sing...and that includes all the songs you listen to and sing. If you are a Christian, your worship does not end on Sunday. All things should be done in the name of Christ.


12 posted on 05/28/2014 7:09:06 AM PDT by Drawsing (Fools show their annoyance at once, the prudent man overlooks an insult. Proverbs 12:16)
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To: TBP

Do tell.


13 posted on 05/28/2014 7:11:24 AM PDT by Gamecock (#BringTheAdultsBackToDC)
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To: gov_bean_ counter

Challies is no doubt very familiar with the Gettys. His comments regard a less doctrine-based brand of contemporary Christianity.


14 posted on 05/28/2014 7:16:22 AM PDT by lurk
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To: Drawsing; gov_bean_ counter

Upstream gov_bean_counter mentioned the Gettys, who actually write hymns.

Love this:

In Christ alone, Who took on flesh,
Fullness of God in helpless babe!
This gift of love and righteousness,
Scorned by the ones He came to save.
Till on that cross as Jesus died,
The wrath of God was satisfied;
For ev’ry sin on Him was laid—
Here in the death of Christ I live.
(From In Christ Alone)


15 posted on 05/28/2014 7:22:40 AM PDT by Gamecock (#BringTheAdultsBackToDC)
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To: gov_bean_ counter

Please accept my prayers offered to God for a speedy and complete recovery.


16 posted on 05/28/2014 7:23:31 AM PDT by Gamecock (#BringTheAdultsBackToDC)
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To: Gamecock

Thank you. She is doing well.


17 posted on 05/28/2014 7:27:52 AM PDT by gov_bean_ counter (Romans 1:22 Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools)
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To: Drawsing

***“Amazing grace, how sweet the sound that saved a wretch like me...”

“Would he devote that sacred head for such a worm as I?”***

You know those two have been changed in a lot of feel good hymnals?

“Amazing grace, how sweet the sound that saved and set me
free.”

“Would He devote that sacred head, for such a one as I.”


18 posted on 05/28/2014 7:28:27 AM PDT by Gamecock (#BringTheAdultsBackToDC)
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To: lurk

Appropriately corrected. Thank you.


19 posted on 05/28/2014 7:30:44 AM PDT by gov_bean_ counter (Romans 1:22 Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools)
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To: Gamecock

The best hymns are based on solid theological content, not feel-good emotionalism. I cringe every time I open the paperback “new” songbook, wondering what sort of awfulness might be imminent. Sometimes I’m pleasantly surprised.

The prosperity gospel is mostly devoid of solid theological content, so its music is going to be the same.


20 posted on 05/28/2014 7:37:41 AM PDT by cdcdawg (Be seeing you...)
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