So digusting.
This song was used in 2008 to lead an all-dance church service where youth danced to every pop song in the planet and Bibles were closed.
The teen dancers were the next step after the youth choir, with nothing for teens. They have failed. Once you leave the youth choir (no teens), there is nothing for them. Just entertainment. I found a new church in 2020 where they develop youth. This was my commentary on teens dancing to the song:
It is important to realise that the regulative principle as applied to public worship frees the church from acts of impropriety and idiocy—we are not free, for example, to advertise that performing clowns will mime the Bible lesson at next week’s Sunday service.”
“The opening hymn should be about the worship of our triune God. The hymn before the reading of Scripture and the sermon often reflects the theme of the Holy Spirits work in illuminating Scripture and empowering the preaching. And the closing hymn often reflects the central message of the hymn, calling us to action and commitment.” — Derek W. H. Thomas
Kids jiggling to a cover of Ralph van Manen’s top 40 (NL) hit is not suitable for church, as I read in those quotes above from a well known Welsh minister.
This is a Nadab and Abihu moment where Aaron’s sons sent false fire and were executed for that. See Leviticus 10:1-3.
The difference between kids jiggling to Top 40 hits and kids to learn serious song is those who do the latter are more likely to stay in church, and the former are more likely to deconstruct because of popular culture. It isn’t church.
When there is no youth choral development and teens dance to pop tunes, the consequence comes later in deconstructionist theology and kids were never taught anything.
SOURCE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8IDGrha1gP0