Is All Scripture Inspired and Accurate? Part 3

Is All Scripture Inspired and Accurate?  Part 3

 

Remember it is not the responsibility of the conservative synthesis-thinking musician to change the thinking of modern and post-modern and post-postmodern man.  Our responsibility is to be Christ-like, kind and patient.  The most we can do is to present our beliefs, and help the synthesis thinker to explore his or her beliefs.  It is the work of the Holy Spirit to guide Christian musicians into all truth. 

It is a basic presupposition of this book and all my writings that all musicing is based on some philosophy and that this philosophy is fundamentally based on some matrix.  Music philosophy is the basic foundation from which all musical actions exude.  A sound philosophy of music ministry is founded on principles much deeper than mere likes and dislikes since it is based on God’s matrix.

A word of caution is in order for those who are conservative in their philosophical positions concerning music.  It is arrogant for anyone to believe that he or she has a corner on truth as though no one else is capable of having knowledge of music’s nature and value.  There are areas where the Bible is silent about music and musicing and scientific method has produced no logical evidence to support a particular musical position.  In such cases, tolerance is in order.  The fact that the Holy Spirit has checked a Christian about something that he or she once did musically, is not concrete evidence that no other Christian musician should music in that way.  Christian musicians must always try to understand the difference between personal musical convictions and biblical principles of musicing that are not negotiable.