Bible Principles
of Musicing vs. Personal Preferences-Pt 1
What the music educator or music minister
firmly believes about the nature and value of music at its deepest levels should
exude from that musician’s musical convictions. These musical convictions should be derived,
at least partially, from Bible principles of musicing. An example of a Bible principle of musicing is
one’s belief, based on Ephesians 5:19, that there is more than one genre of
music that is appropriate for public worship.
A
musical conviction is the strong feeling of being sure that what that musician
believes about music is true and therefore must be followed. For instance, a
musician may believe that the strong incessant rhythms in a particular genre
make this music an inappropriate vehicle to represent the moral nature of God.
Therefore, since the Christian is not comfortable with the music part of this
music, he or she is convinced that it is not an appropriate worship vehicle, that
musician may be said to have conviction against using it in a worship setting. A musical
preference is different in that it is a greater
liking for one musical alternative over another. As the reader can see there is a dramatic
difference between the two terms.
I am not only passionate about what the Bible teaches about music an musicing
and my philosophic music convictions, but I am also passionate about the philosophical
preferences that I have which I earnestly believe are important to excellence
in musicing. I will endeavor to be true
to my personal beliefs about how I should music unto God but at the same time I
must recognize that they are my personal convictions that I have developed from
my interpretation of what the Bible teaches about music and my lifelong study
of music . I also have personal preferences about the styles of music and the
way I interpret these styles of music in my personal music ministry.
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