I
am concerned about the writings of Christian musicians who consider themselves
to be conservatives and at the same time purport that the reason they are
supporting massive musical style change. They claim that these huge changes are
necessary because traditional church musicians are: out of touch with reality,
not seeker sensitive, and that traditional sacred music is outdated and
incapable of being an efficacious means of musicing unto God. Although there is much evidence that the
musicing of many church musicians is no longer efficacious, there is no body of
evidence that the culprit is the music itself.
Although there is much “death” in the musical city, this death is not
caused by traditional sacred music but rather by the spiritually dead musicians
who are doing the musicing.
It
is time that Christians decide what it means to truly be conservative Christian
musicians. It I also time for Christian
musicians who call themselves conservative musicians to realize that one of the
most important things about conservative philosophy is being consistent about
life-style and that this congruency most certainly must include the way
Christians music unto God.
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