Christian musicians often question the necessity of
developing a series of systematic beliefs concerning the nature and value of
the whole of music. Furthermore, they
often seem to believe that those values set forth by major public colleges and
universities are adequate for Christian musicians. After all, aren’t the elements of music the
same for Christians and non-Christians?
The philosophy of a musician who does not bring his entire musical
endeavor under the Lordship of Christ should never be trusted. Not only can you
trust a communist to be a communist, you can also trust an unregenerate
musician to be worldly in his or her philosophical basis. Remember, direction determines destiny! Any musician who believes the end of all
human endeavors is the gratification of self will ultimately come to different
philosophical conclusions than a musician whose life is sold out to Christ.
For the committed
Christian, music begins and ends with God.
To the humanist, music begins and ends with self. The musician who has submitted his or her
music to the Lordship of Christ believes that all church music is sung and
played to glorify God since God owns music.
Conversely, the secular humanists (and religious humanists) believe that
music belongs to man’s true humanness since all music is about
self-actualization. This type of thinker
owns his or her music.
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