Monday, January 9, 2017

Musical Meaning in Musical Sounds-part 1


Musical Meaning in Musical Sounds-part 1

            1 Corinthians 14:7 teaches, “And even things without life giving sound , whether pipe or harp, except they give a distinction in the sounds, how shall it be known what is piped or harped?” 

            Although over the years I have discussed musical meaning at length in this blog, I would like to revisit it very briefly.  One of the objectives of developing a Christocentric music philosophy is to incorporate musical principles into systematic beliefs about the nature and value of a musician’s music praxis.  Every Christian must recognize that if the words of the songs we sing are truly biblical then they embody truth.  These music texts represent truth because the message of the “words” is true.  If they accurately teach Bible principles they represent what Francis Schaefer called “true truth”.   

Thought for the Day

It is not popular to discuss truth in this century because so many musicians believe that all “truth” is relative truth, and this situational truth changes often.


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