Remember,
Direction Determines Destiny!
Christian
musicians often question the necessity of developing a series of systematic
beliefs concerning the nature and value of the whole of music. Furthermore, they often seem to believe that
those values set forth by major public colleges and universities are adequate
for Christian musicians. After all,
aren’t the elements of music the same for Christians and non-Christians? The philosophy of a musician who does not
bring his entire musical endeavor under the Lordship of Christ should never be
trusted. Not only can you trust a communist to be a communist, you can also
trust an unregenerate musician to be worldly in his or her philosophical
basis.
Remember,
direction determines destiny! Any
musician who believes the end of all human endeavors is the gratification of
self will ultimately come to different philosophical conclusions than a
musician whose life is sold out to Christ.
For the committed Christian, music begins and ends with God. To the humanist, music begins and ends with
self. The musician who has submitted his
or her music to the Lordship of Christ believes that all church music is sung
and played to glorify God since God owns music.
Conversely, the secular humanists (and the religious humanists) believe
that music belongs to man’s true humanness since all music is about
self-actualization. This type of thinker
owns his or her music.
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