Posted on 02/11/2006 2:10:39 PM PST by LouAvul
It seems to be, pretty much. I'm so disgusted about the repetitive, "junk-food" praise dittys that I'm about to just show up when the preaching starts. My church has a "blended" style, so they say. One hymn max. Lots of "new" stuff that nobody knows.
Thanks for the post. I just read the book "Why I Left the Contemporary Christian Music Movement" by Dan Lucarini. For me, it raised as many questions as it answered. It doesn't go deeply into theological issues but he pointed out some quotes from the Purpose Driven Church that I thought were very revealing. For the record, I love singing from a hymnal (and I'm a young'un).
First of all, many of the tunes are repetitive, boring, trite, written in the fashion of 15-20 years ago, and as a bonus too difficult for the congregation to sing.
Second, many of the words are repetitive, banal, and theologically unsound. The classic example is the stuff out of Oregon Catholic Press, which is "I-centered" instead of Christ-centered. You can just count the number of times one of these songs mentions "I", "me", and "mine" to get the idea.
Third, bad money drives out good, and bad music drives out good. If you let this stuff in, the good music (chant, Renaissance polyphony, solid English choral works) goes right out the window. Decent choir directors don't like it because it goes against all their musical training, and so they leave and some marginally-qualified would-be lounge singer comes in.
"It could be that a whole lot of churches express no Christian message."
Very, very true. My wife and I were in a Methodist church years ago, that now openly supports homosexuals in leadership positions. Just unbelievable, Satan has totally had his way with those people.
I think that there are a lot of dead churches that do things because of tradition and inertia.
It's about transforming lives away from sin and to Christ. Anything else is wrong. The type of music doesn't matter, it's the message and the meaning in the music.
There are also to many churches that stay silent on openly sinful stuff, members supporting abortion, members being openly adulterous.
I agree with you about the repitition of the contemporary
songs. My husband and I call them 7/11 songs. 7 lines sung 11+ times.Lol.
There's nothing wrong with them.
I just think the great old hymns
are so wonderful and meaningful.
I love your tagline.
ping
"I don't know, but it just seems weird for you to make that comment on this thread with the tagline, "godless atheist.""
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Here's our current Dear Leader, along with a sample of the choir . ..
He looks a little like a mad scientist, but he IS a genius and has forgotten more about music than I will ever know. He does a bang-up job selecting music that is liturgically appropriate and also objectively "great". As an ex-Episcopalian I really appreciate his taste for Tallis, Byrd, Farrant, etc.
He also plays like an angel.
I'm trying to figure out which one looks lie AnAmericanMother. Which one is you?
(I'm not the one with the beard, though. < g > )
I agree with that.
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