All Christian music educators should
be concerned about the authenticity of
what they use in the instructional process. Should a Christian music educator refer to
Scripture as an historical and philosophical basis for what he or she believes
about music? At least two concepts are
important to the process of Christian music education. First, what the Bible has to say about music
and musicing is relevant to music education in the twenty first century. Second, the music educator should quote
Scripture and treat it as authoritative truth concerning music. Many music
educators are overly concerned about whether or not they are qualified in the
process of music education to quote both Old and New Testament Scriptures that
mention music. It is true that the Bible
does not deal with every aspect of music that twenty first century Christian
musicians encounter.
Although the Bible does not provide us with
exhaustive truth concerning music, what it does tell us is always true. As
Francis Schaeffer wrote, “It is an important principle to remember, in the
contemporary interest in communication and in language study, that the biblical
presentation is that, though although we do not have exhaustive truth, we have
from the Bible what I term ‘true truth’.
In this way we know true truth about God, true truth about man and
something truly about nature, thus on the basis of the Scriptures, while we do
not have exhaustive knowledge, we have true and unified knowledge.” Escape
from Reason, by Francis Schaeffer, p. 21 Every reference to music mentioned in the
Bible, as II Timothy 3:16 states, is “… given by inspiration of God, and is
profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in
righteousness.” Ephesians 518 commands
the Christian musician to “be filled with the Spirit”.
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