Philosophy and the Lordship of Christ-part 1

 

Philosophy and the Lordship of Christ-part 1

Christian musicians often question the necessity of developing a series of systematic beliefs concerning the nature and value of the whole of music.  Furthermore, they often seem to believe that those values set forth by major public colleges and universities are adequate for Christian musicians.  After all, aren’t the elements of music the same for Christians and non-Christians?  The philosophy of a musician who does not bring all his musical endeavor under the Lordship of Christ should never be trusted. You can trust an unregenerate musician to be worldly in his or her philosophical basis.  Remember, direction determines destiny!  Any musician who believes the end of all human endeavor is the gratification of self will ultimately come to different philosophical conclusions than a musician whose life is sold out to Christ.

 For the committed Christian, music begins and ends with God.  To the humanist, music begins and ends with self.  The musician who has submitted his or her music to the Lordship of Christ believes that all church music is sung and played to glorify God since God owns music.  Conversely, the secular humanists (and the religious humanist) believes that music belongs to man’s true humanness since all music is about self-actualization.  This type of thinker owns his or her music.