Me too. I love old, good hymns. I love modern Christian music like Caedmon's Call and Jars of Clay - not exactly the most bass-pounding music out there.
I'm not big on rap - but you know what? We're ordered to compel the world to come into the Kingdom. If hip-hop and rap does that, then I am all for it. It's not my style, but I can put up with it because the Church is bigger than my musical tastes.
A corollary example - I find kid's Christmas programs annoying and irritating, but I would never say the church should get rid of them. The kids love them - and it gets them involved - and grandparents love them, and you get people who otherwise wouldn't darken the step of a door coming in to watch little Johnny play a shepherd boy. I'll enthusiastically support that, even though it grates on me.
Totally agree with you.
Affectionately known among pastors as "bathrobe classics."
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It grated on me too .. so through the help of the Holy Ghost - I wrote a new pageant - "And .. the Angels Sang".
There were 2 elements GOD added to the Nativity: The righteousness of Joseph - and how GOD trusted him to care for Mary and to teach Jesus the scriptures.
And .. secondly .. When the wisemen came to deliver their gifts - it was GOD's provision (in advance) to allow the family to flee into Egypt to save Jesus from being slain - and to provide for their living for 2 years.
Every child got to participate and they loved it.