When Conservatives take the Musical Exit Ramps-Part-4

When Conservatives take the Musical Exit Ramps-Part-4 

Those who are even slightly aware of the power of music has over the worshiping body of Christ should be very cautious about new directions in music and ways of musicing that have the propensity to debauch worship.  This is necessary due to the number of once conservative churches that have been fractured, split and splintered by the drastic changes that worship leaders have imposed upon worshipers who have historically held traditional views about sacred music and musicing.  Rather than accept the unsupportable view that music communicates absolutely nothing, Christian should contend that the way that the formal properties of music are arranged gives music its nature, understandable meaning and its value or lack of valuable as being a handmaiden for God’s Word.  

Genesis 3:4 records, “And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die…”  Satan’s specious argument seemed to make sense, so Eve disregarded caution and convinced Adam to do the same.  What could possibly be wrong with the fruit offered to them by Satan?  Although the discourse in Genesis chapter three says absolutely nothing about music or how the praise band musics, I see a parallel in the specious logic that convinced Eve and the current logic that causes church leadership to naively  accept the spurious logic of “What could possibly be wrong with a trap set or a little ‘ole beat box drumming out a rock back beat during the time of singing praises to our high and holy triune God?”