Does your music philosophy have a "hole" in it?-part 3

Does your music philosophy have a "hole" in it?-part 3

            Music philosophers are constantly struggling with the major issues that affect all musicians who perform and listen to music.  It is inexcusable for a Christian musician to ignore these issues.  Many of the concerns that surround the use or disuse of various styles of music in public and private worship may only be reckoned with by having a thorough understanding of the nature and value of the whole of music.  Ignoring these major concerns will not cause them to go away.

             Although many of the issues that surround many styles of music are spiritual in nature, many others are also musical.  Having a thorough understand of what the Bible teaches about both sacred and secular music and musicing is foundational and therefore absolutely necessary.  However, these understandings are not all that a Christian musician must have in order to be equipped to make wise choices of both secular and sacred music.  A Christian who makes  musical choices for a Christian organization without a thorough understanding of the nature and value of the whole of music is extremely vulnerable to making musical errors that will cause destructive change in the future of that organization.  If a Christian who is involved in the decision process of a Christian  organization has “holes” in his or her knowledge of music theory, history, music philosophy, the history of music education, and wat the Bible has to say about music, there will doubtlessly be “holes” in that decision makers philosophy.