Tuesday, August 12, 2014

Christ Centered Music Philosophy is Different part 5

Christ Centered Music Philosophy is Different part 5
Because Church Music Matters, it must be philosophically accountable to God.  Since Christians do not exist in an absurd purposeless universe, all music making has moral purpose.  The fine arts do not escape moral purpose or the Lordship of Christ and furthermore, there is nothing purposeless in the life of a Christian.
Church Music Matters and so does all music in the life of a Christian (or a sinner for that matter).  It is not hard for many Christians to conceptualize the fact that Church Music Matters, but it is often very difficult for some Christians to understand how or why secular music matters.  Remember that it is one of the presuppositions of my writings is that when it comes to secular and sacred music it is not “either or” but rather “wise choices” of both.  A Christian performer or educator should also recognize that a thorough music philosophy must include a series of philosophical beliefs concerning the nature and value of the whole of music.  This “whole” of music must include wise choices of secular music as well as sacred music.  The whole of music must include every style of music that a Christian listens to or performs.

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