Aesthetics in A Christian’s Music Paradigm—part 3

Aesthetics in A Christian’s Music Paradigm—part 3

            A Christian musician should not admit or exclude a style of music solely on the quality of its aesthetic value.  Notice that I said totally; I did not say that one should ignore a style’s aesthetic qualities that give it its value. However, the question at hand is not music’s deepest aesthetic value but rather what effect it is capable of having on the whole life of a Christian.  For instance, it has been a mistake to exclude the host of  different styles of music that exist today from the musicing of a Christian based on the belief that these styles are not music at all or that they are not aesthetically high quality music.

             The issue is not whether a type of music is “musical junk” or that it is “not music at all” or that it is “not of enough musical quality” to be aesthetically effective.  The problem with such statements that are often made is that they are simply not always accurate statements.  Although the conservative Christian musician is continually guarding the practice of musicing unto God, overstating one’s position on music aesthetics is not the answer.

Thought for the Day

When it comes to the use or disuse of many pop styles of music in public worship, the simply stated facts are much better arguments than making statements about a style of music that cannot be substantiated.