Not only Beautiful but
also Suitable—part 3
Christian musicians sometimes lose sight of
the real subject of their religious musicing.
Amidst the process of religious performance, the audience (seekers and
Christians) takes precedence over the real audience (the Trinity) who should be
the receiver of all our praise musicing.
Also, the performance practice often becomes the goal as opposed to the
“subject” (content) and the object (the Trinity) of the music which is being
performed.
As
I have often stated in my musical lectures and in my philosophical writings,
Christians should always music unto God.
All sacred musicing should be musical offerings unto God that are
performed in the presence (or hearing) of real live people. Christian musicing should be presented to God
for His glory and for the education and edification of both those who do and do
not know the Lord (i.e. those who have received Christ’s saving grace and the
seekers).
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