[Fiji Hill]

I most emphatically agree with you as to contemporary "Christian" music. My biggest pet peeve about the contemporary worship scene is that the electric guitar and drums have driven organs and choirs out of most churches. Hymn-writing has become a lost art, the last great hymn having been composed in 1953.

I disagree with John MacArthur on theology--he's a Calivinist and I'm a Wesleyan--but when I attended one of his worship services, it included traditional music.

[MayflowerMadam]

Oh, yes.

I try to check out prospective churches online before attending. If I see drums or an electric keyboard, it’s no-go. Or if the “stage” has no podium, but a bunch of mics there so the “worship team” (gag!) has easy access to be able to caress them while prancing around the front. Uh uh. Nope. Not gonna happen.

I’m church organist and pianist, and have told pastors I won’t play certain music, or a keyboard. I simply refuse.

We’ve been to MacArthur’s church for concerts, and he seems solid. Didn’t know he’s an actual Calvinist. He wrote the “Forword” to a book my minister cousin wrote a few years ago.