Utilizing Great Music in Worship—part 1

Utilizing Great Music in Worship—part 1

       There is no doubt about the fact that one can make it to heaven without ever singing any of the sacred classics. As a matter of fact it is not imperative that a Christian sing any great music.  Worship is about God.  It is not about great art music.  However, although it is possible to sing unto the Lord with only trite, shallow, inferior, mundane musical offerings, well composed melodies and harmonies often are a much more effective concomitant to the marvelous message of the good news of the gospel than is poorly written music .

 I am not intimating that only the sacred classics are composed and arranged well, because there many praise choruses, anthems, hymns and gospel songs that are well composed.  I am simply saying that the sacred classics are classics because they are great music—the music part of the music and the way that the words are set to the music are both masterfully accomplished.

Thought for the Day

It seems strange to me that so many Christians, by their actions, seem to believe philosophically that the more that a congregation dumbs down the music that it presents to God the more humility it is exhibiting.