It
is my belief that discussions of contemporary music in the church, rock music
in the church and a host of other topics concerning the various ramifications
of church music ministry are valuable to
everyone involved in churches, Bible colleges, Christian universities, and Christian
schools. However, these discussions are what one may call
"problematic" or "symptomatic" i.e. they deal with problems
in church music and not necessarily the cure. Put another way, they deal with
the "fruit" of the problem rather than the "root". We need
to deal with not only what is wrong with church music, but what is right with
church music.
It is my belief that there is a wonderful
positive cure found beneath the root of the multiplicity of problems arising in
church music. The cure for many problems in church music is found in the divine
influence of the Holy Spirit upon the musician and congregation alike. Christian musicians must learn to depend on
the Holy Spirit and to seek his guidance and anointing on their public music
ministry. +
This
may surprise you, but I am convinced that there is only one safe teacher
concerning church music, and furthermore, His name isn't Garen Wolf! The only
perfect teacher is the Blessed Holy Spirit. I Corinthians 2:12-16 states: “Now
we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit which is of God;
that we might know the things that are freely given to us of God. Which things
also we speak, not in the words which man's wisdom teacheth, but which the Holy
Ghost teacheth; comparing spiritual things with spiritual. But the natural man receiveth not the things
of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know
them, because they are spiritually discerned. [This man is ever learning, but never
coming to the knowledge of truth.] But
he that is spiritual judgeth all things, yet he himself is judged by no man.
For who hath known the mind of the Lord, that he may instruct him? But we have
the mind of Christ.” (Statement in brackets is mine)
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