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To: bethelgrad
They continue "doing" worship as if it were 1953 and not 2003.

Times change, but the church shouldn't. I have yet to find a reason that churches should "do" worship differently than they have for hundreds of years. There are still those of us who worship--and prefer to worship--God through hymnody. I prefer leaving the rock ballads and anthems to secular bands, or at most CCM bands that aren't leading a congregation in worship.

174 posted on 12/23/2003 6:42:10 AM PST by The Grammarian (The church's one foundation is Jesus Christ her Lord/She is his new creation, by water and the Word.)
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To: The Grammarian
There are still those of us who worship -- and prefer to worship -- God through hymnody

Jesus and the Apostles didn't worship God "through hymnody." Why should you?

It's a long and re-hashed (and frankly boring) discussion, but let it suffice to say that Scripture supports "worshiping" the Lord through various societally contemporary means, from cymbals to stringed instruments to silence to voice to brass instruments. Not to say that any such instrumentation in the Church is "good," just to say that it is permissible and can facilitate "worship," especially among a congregation made up of younger-minded people.

In the end, we Christians can all agree that "worship" (or reverent interaction/response/resonation/communication/engagement) with the Lord is something that happens in the heart, a place where there is no pipe organ, no guitar, no vocal chord....

177 posted on 12/23/2003 8:09:56 AM PST by Theo
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