More
and more Christian musicians seem to not make much distinction between mediocre
and great religious music. Although a
Christian does not worship the greatness in music, most of the time great music
is a greater vehicle to represent the message of our great Savior. However,
philosophically speaking, the Earnest Christian musician values the use of
excellent music with the excellent message of the gospel. It is one thing to
give lip service to the appropriateness of the sacred classics but it is
another to actually utilize them in public worship. The Christian musician who
never includes the sacred classics in his or her repertoire is making a
philosophical statement about the awesomeness and solemnity of worshiping the
high and lifted up triune God.
As
I have often said, the music part of music does not always have to be
complicated or esoteric in order to be a proper vehicle to use in our musicing
unto God. However, there are auspicious religious
occasions when great sacred music is without doubt a better choice than some
trite, predictable and mundane musical composition that is obviously the work
of a musical hack.
There is a reason why some sacred music is
great and other music is either mediocre or actually so poorly constructed that
it is not a good vehicle for musical worship.
The best sacred music throughout the centuries has been produced by
composers and arrangers who were able to skillfully organize melody, harmony
and rhythm into a composition that would properly represent the awesomeness and
solemnity of worshiping the triune God.
This has been accomplished by utilizing a number of appropriate musical
styles that were and are “better vehicles” to represent the moral nature of
God.
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