When Conservatives take the Musical Exit Ramps-Part-5

When Conservatives take the Musical Exit Ramps-Part-5

The mainstream of the world’s methods of musicing and its purposes for musicing are diametrically opposed to Bible principles of sacred musicing.  It is shortsighted  to not recognize that the way that the world musics greatly influenced religious musicing and is in this century still influencing the way that many churches now music unto God. This should not surprise committed Christians since the world has never been a friend of grace.  Galatians 5:17 explains the conflict between flesh and spirit when it states,  For the flesh lusteth against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh: and these are contrary the one to the other: so that ye cannot do the things that ye would.”

 Conservatives need to carefully go about the business of preserving quality time-honored ways of musicing unto God.  Although it will never again be politically correct, Christian musicians need to be cautious of accepting  ways of doing that are closely associated with the way that the world orders its doing—such carefulness should include ways that the musical doer does what he or she does.  Committed Christian musicians need to be vocal about their strong beliefs about what is right, wrong, appropriate, inappropriate, effective and ineffective ways to music unto God. Musicians who are truly ministers of music need to simply say “no” to ways of musicing in the context of worship that can and eventually debauch Christian worship.  Church leadership and worship leaders must be constantly cognizant of how big little musical changes can be to the direction of Christian worship in this century.