Secular Music Comes under Christ’s Lordship-part 2

Secular Music Comes under Christ’s Lordship-part 2

            When it comes to the matter of secular and sacred music and musicing it is not either or but rather wise and appropriate choices of both.  Although it would appear to be simpler philosophically for the Christian to only include the use of sacred music, there is no valid biblically sound reason not to include secular music that is amenable to the Lordship of Christ. One of the major fallacies of some Christian musician’s music philosophy and praxis has been the exclusion of secular music as though it was not a worthy use of the fine art of music.  

           When a Christian encounters secular music he or she must be prepared to make choices about whether or not to get involved with the performance of the particular musical work at hand.  As I have often told the students in my college classes, a Christian musician is first a Christian and second, a musician.  Many Christian musicians forget this principle of Christian living when they encounter music that is not appropriate for a Christian to perform. 

Thought for the Day

Sometimes musician’s worldview of music only deals directly with the part of music that they are regularly involved with in the context of that person’s profession.