A Christian’s Worldview
of Music part 2
In St. Paul’s Epistle
to the Romans (12:1-2) he gives a strong
admonishment to those who are Christians,
“I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye
present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is
your reasonable service. And be not
conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind,
that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of
God.” The words not conformed (me suschematizo 3361, 4964) teach us
that, in the process of presenting ourselves to God, we must not let ourselves
be fashioned into the pattern of the world’s paradigm. It is interesting to note that the original
meaning of the word paradigm first
appeared in English sometime during the 15th century and meant "an example
or pattern". However, since the
1960’s the word paradigm has developed the meaning of a framework
containing a person’s basic assumptions and ways of thinking and
knowing.
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