i’ve been involved in comtemporary worship services for years, and i love them. i’m using a talent God gave me, to thank and praise him.
the bible is full of stories of people singing, clapping, dancing, shouting and generally enjoying praising their savior. why shouldn’t we continue with contemporary music? we are tasked with going into all the world to preach the gospel.. how can we do that if we can’t relate to people, or draw them to us? music is a universal language.
however, many churches do cross the line. when they get to the point where it has become pure performance for the sake of performing and showing off for an audience, i don’t believe that is still worship.
My Hispanic Catholic congregation has all those elements from time to time, and scores of babies, too.
the bible is full of stories of people singing, clapping, dancing, shouting and generally enjoying praising their savior. why shouldn’t we continue with contemporary music? we are tasked with going into all the world to preach the gospel.. how can we do that if we can’t relate to people, or draw them to us? music is a universal language.
Except that framing it as "traditional vs. contemporary" doesn't even frame the question properly.
What informs worship? Right now, "traditional" or "contemporary", it's usually just whatever comes into someone's head to do.
Read through the comments at Who Says the Evangelicals Don't Have a Liturgy? (Scott Clark's Heidelblog, on the same vid.)