It doesn't matter to me how my 17 year old gets it, just so she gets it. This youth church is a really a rock concert, complete with light shows, and - of course - the big video screen. If my 23 year old had been subjected to this youth church she might not have become an agnostic - someone who is also afraid of God and Christianity.
What kind of freaks me out is the big video screen showing the words of the "new age" hymns with the little red bouncy ball bouncing over each word.
Whatever, isn't it the same Christianity, whether with light shows and video screens and folks in izod shirts and khakis, or with Bibles and people dressed in their finest?
Isn't the video light show just our version of Baroque oratorios ?
"Whatever, isn't it the same Christianity, whether with light shows and video screens and folks in izod shirts and khakis, or with Bibles and people dressed in their finest?"
Yes it is the same Chrisitanity, just more enthusiastic. A new revival period has appears to have started and it's going to be very Charismatic. Not specifically Charismatic, but people are connecting emotionally with Jesus at a level that I haven't seen or experienced before. Your daughter is getting it.
Some words from a recent Christian rock song:
I want to sit at your feet,
drink from your cup in your hand,
lean back against you,
and breathe,
feel your heart beat.
The more I seek you,
the more I find you.
The more I find you,
the more I love you.
This love is so deep,
it's more than I can stand,
I melt in your peace.
As Rick Warren has pointed out, the older music is most frequently about God and Jesus. The newer type of music is love songs to God and His Son.
The above song is most definitely a love song. Quite beautiful to the ear and the soul.