Utilizing Great Music
in Worship—part 7
I have often told my college classes and
have stated in my writings that the fine arts are not the door to the kingdom
of God, but they are wonderful concomitants of quality musical worship. Let me be very clear that as Romans 1:25
explains, we should never worship created things ( ktisis 2937 which includes music) but always the creator of music ( ktizo 2936 i.e. God).
A steady diet of sacred classics should not be
forced upon a congregation with little understanding of music, but it will not
harm them to be introduced to some great sacred classics once in a while. It
will also give those of us that have spent a life time studying and performing
great music an opportunity to worship with music at a much deeper level of
import.
Thought for the Day
This
blog series is divided into seven parts (not by any particular design). Seven is the number of perfection. Perfection, or as nearly perfect as our
offerings are capable of being, is the responsibility and should be the design
of every minister of music.
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