The Christian Musician Thinks Differently-part 1

The Christian Musician Thinks Differently-part 1

                The word transformed (metamorphoo 3339) used in the second

verse of the twelfth chapter of Romans connotes the complete change

that takes place when a Christian presents himself or herself as a

living sacrifice to God. After this transformation, the Christian looks

at life and music differently than the world looks at it. So perhaps the

import of not being conformed is resisting the world’s paradigm of life

and ipso facto music and musicing.

                The word renewing, used in the same verse, is derived from

anakainosis (342). It means a complete renovating or reordering of

one’s thinking or paradigm (using its current meaning) about the realities

of life. This renewing of one’s worldview is necessary in order to

prove (dokimazo 1381) that the Christian musician’s philosophic

worldview is amenable to the will of God.

 Music Philosophy in Christian Perspective, by Garen L. Wolf, Schmul Publishing Co. 2018, p.42.