Does your music philosophy have a "hole"
in it?-part 1
Is
the Bible all that a Christian musician needs in the development of a unified,
congruent, thorough, useful, and biblical philosophy? No! Since
I believe that a Christian musician needs a very broad education in music to be
an effective minister of music, you may wonder why I keep mentioning Bible
principles of music. Although Bible
principles of musicing are not all one needs, they are the foundation on which
a Christian must build a music philosophy.
When a musician is developing the who, what, where, when, why and how of
our musical foundations, the Scriptures are the looking glass through which he
or she must always view the whole of music.
Why do music philosophers keep talking about
the "Whole of music?" If a
music philosophy does not include the “whole" of music it will surely have
a "hole" in it! II Timothy
2:15a admonishes Christians to, “Study to shew thyself approved unto
God..." The words spoudazo (4704)
translated study means to be earnestly diligent. The word dokimos
(1384) means, according to Jamison-Fausset-Brown, "tested by trial, as
opposed to 'reprobate')." So, study
diligently to test your music philosophy.
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