Beliefs about Music Matter

 

Beliefs about Music Matter

          Every parent and every music teacher must develop a series of systematic beliefs about the nature, value, meaning, and over-arching of music and musicing. There are a number of things     that affect music and musicing. The more than 600 references to music in the Bible are given by inspiration of God and are profitable for doctrine, reproof, correction, and instruction. These things affect the music and musicing* of a Christian today. The Bible provides us with timeless, relevant, usable, practical and spiritual guidance for twenty-first century musicians.  The principles of musicing set forth in the Bible are relevant for developing a music education philosophy and praxis* in the twenty first century. 

The only completely safe teacher of Christian music education and music philosophy is the Holy Spirit who is capable and willing to guide Christian musicians into all truth concerning music education in this century. Although a Christian may make appropriate personal choices and personal preferences concerning music, there are absolutes concerning music and its place in a Christian’s life. Therefore, a prescriptive Christian music education philosophy must be   built on Bible principles of musicing, profundity, appropriateness and standards of correctness. There is room for taste in music in the life of a Christian, but the use of music  is not all a matter of personal taste since it must be guided by Bible principles of musicing and must be congruent with the principles of the changed life of a Christian.