Bellflower, I wasn’t aware that anyone had responded to my post until this morning. I read your post about coming to the Lord. It was beautiful.
I agree with you about the old hymns. I love them, too. Actually, I love a bunch of different types of music. I play such a wide variety, when my bass player first start playing with me, he said our style is schizophrenic.
As the worship leader/music director of our church, I draw from a wide variety of sources for our song service - hymns, gospel, CCM, and some times, secular sources. I think it’s important to have the song service and the sermon complement each other, enhancing the message of God through music and word.
One of my favorite songs to sing is “Closer Walk With Thee”. I learned it right after my conversion to Christianity, borrowing from the country swing style of Pasty Cline.
Here is a list of songs for our service tomorrow:
I’ll Fly Away (Albert Brumley, country gospel)
Here I am (old blues songs)
Above All (CCM)
Jesus Paid It All (hymn)
To Canaan’s Land (country gospel)
I Don’t Want To Get Adjusted To This World (country gospel - I love this song)
Peace Give I To Thee (70’s Jesus Movement song, I think)
There’s Something About That Name (Gaithers)
Last week, we had many more CCM songs then we do this week, but God gave us many voices. Why just listen to the radio and hear only a few?
Now, I’ll get off of my soap box. My web site is http://www.kandkband.com There are several videos of solo and band music. As a band we play at a lot of secular events. As Christians, we always bring in gospel music. It’s amazing how people respond to it out in the world. They don’t know they are missing it, until we start to play something. Some people get turned off. Those are a small minority.
I thank God that He kept me around because I can use the gift He gave me to give back a little bit. We’re having a ball!
AMEN!
In a former, backslidden life, I was amazed at how many people that were hanging out in bars had a Christian background!
The website http://www.spurcrosscowboychurch.com/ doesn’t seem to have much on it!