Friday, February 27, 2009
I stumbled upon this wonderful song by Keith Getty and Stuart Townend. I thought that it was just so theologically sound and what Christians need today. Many of us are only receiving breadcrumbs in our worship, and in our music. We need bread and meat! These are the kinds of songs that minister to unbelievers and break their heart to repent and put their faith in God. These are the kinds of songs that minister to the believer to continue and persevere in the faith. Please, I implore you music ministers, evaluate your line-ups. Do not settle for songs that are theologically lacking and that are powerless. Worship should not just prepare us for the preaching of the Word. The songs in themselves should be preaching to the congregation about God's message. Let us evaluate the songs we are singing.
Do they have the same impact without the music?
Are they based on Scripture?
Do they minister the meat of the Word or breadcrumbs?
Do they point to the Gospel and exalt God's redemptive works?
Read the story of this song HERE
and this is the message we need to start hearing!
7 Comments:
Ahhh... Hymnals... actually this one is what is known a a modern hymn... many people thought that hymns are of the old... I agree Genism we need to clean our breadcrumbs and start preparing bread and meat (and coffee too...) most logical solution here; the Gideon solution... if they can't handle the intensity of the reality of the truth of the lyrics and not the actual beat, tempo or melody then they can start packing their bags and leave... as harsh as it sounds. If our worship leaders and teams are not prepared to separate the truth from the not-so-truth, then they are not prepared to lead us in worship.
thnx for the comment JIGSII but year it's not an old classical hymn...if you look at the link i give the story of it is there
actually, some have actually said, that if they cant handle the weighty truths displayed in the old classical hymns and in songs like In Christ Alone, then maybe they need to start reconceptualizing whether they are still in their fallen state or in the redeemed state. Why? Because the redeemed loves the Gospel more than anything else!
sigh...lots of grammar errors in my last comment...not happy with it
yes this song is not an old hymn that why i said this one is a modern hymn... "love the Gospel more than anything else?" Am I understanding this clearly?
you understood correctly...:)
Let me find the book so I can share the thought with you...
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