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To: PleaseNoMore

>>It's more than singing songs. It is a way of life. We should worship Christ in everything we do. If anyone thinks that worship is confined to a couple of hours on Sunday morning they are in a sad position spiritually.<<

With that I wholeheartedly agree. It is kind of creepy seeing anyone (and I have been known to do it myself) sitting in judgement of others simply becuase he/she doesn't like their "style" of music.

One can seldom fault the lyrics of most "Christian" music and if one does, there is the risk of putting God in a box.

If what someone is doing as a form of worship is not ourtright sin, others should walk away or join them. But to say they are somehow immoral for not doing it the way you would do it is just wrong, no matter who you are. And yes, I am wrong when I do it.

Hymns, to me, are quaint, like old oil paintings. They were written by people who used language differently than we do. Some of them are as ancient compared to modern music as paintings created before the use of perspective are ancient and "quaint" compared to art of more recent centuries.

To put such on a pedastal as somehow more "holy" is bordering on idol worship.

It is just music - which is art. And art is subjective.

'Course, rap aint music. 8^>


584 posted on 12/07/2004 11:54:32 PM PST by RobRoy (Science is about "how." Christianity is about "why.")
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To: RobRoy
Couldn't agree more with your assessment. Praising God comes in many varieties. Condemning those who worship differently, or setting up man made rules of worship to to enforce conformity, is exactly the kind of thing that Jesus preached against.

Christ called the Jewish Temple leaders of his times hypocrites. They were more concerned with style and conformity than substance. Similarly, the Church legalism we see today is bordering on the same hypocrisy.

It matters not what type of music is used to show reverence to God. What justifies one's worship is the heartfelt belief that Christ is our Savior, and we are saved by God's loving Grace.

No deed, no form of music, no magical words of wisdom will ever change that fact.
643 posted on 12/08/2004 7:59:20 AM PST by PigRigger (Send donations to http://www.AdoptAPlatoon.org)
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