Bible Principles of Musicing vs. Personal
Preferences -Part 1
What the Christian musician 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 from Bible principles of musicing, from a solid understanding
of the purpose of the use of music in the context of corporate evangelical
worship, and a broad life-time study of the music part of music. 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 corporate worship, but that there are
standards of how a fellowship of believers utilize music in worship.
A musical conviction is the
strong feeling of being sure that what that musician believes about a
particular type of 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.
Thought for the Day
Christians often think of lifestyle matters when the term convictions is mentioned.
Some conservative Christians that I have known have a long list of
things that they don’t do, wont wear, and places they wont go. Sadly enough the kinds of music they perform
and listen too are often not mentioned.
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