[Gamecock]

The writer focused on the Catholic church, but my experience is that his comments apply across the board, from Catholic through Episcopal to Protestant.

I thing that most Calvinists will agree with much that is posted here. IMHO modern Christians want God to be a big buddy, and not God.

Gang?

GRPL PING

[HarleyD]

I have to agree. On an earlier post some months back I was arguing for contemporary Christian music. That was before I attended an outdoor concern. The music was so loud we had to buy earplugs which they happily sold for $2. Not only that but the few times some of the artists would talk I questioned their scriptural understanding. It was one of the worst experience I encountered and really changed my perception of Christian music.

Sorry, but I cannot see how sitting in an audience with ear plugs on as loud music for which you can't understand the words brings glory to the Lord. Give me the old hymns any day. I'll even take the Gregorian chants.

[Frumanchu]

I thing that most Calvinists will agree with much that is posted here. IMHO modern Christians want God to be a big buddy, and not God.

Exactly. I got very caught up in the "Praise & Worship" contemporary music movement. Once I started paying closer attention to the words however, I realized how anthropocentric a lot of the music was. While I was leading worship music at my church, I found it increasingly difficult to choose music (and, unfortunately, even hymns from their hymnal) that were appropriate expressions of worship and not echos of some sort of group therapy affirmations.

[Lexinom]

Indeed, this reflects the cultural shift from objectivity to subjectivity, "have it your way".