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What happened to Christian music at church?

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Posted by Scott W on May 29, 2000 at 19:59:19

With the new cannon of summer camp songs replacing hynms at the typical church service should we be supprised at the superficial level of commitment required of the members? I could not distance myself of this thought as I listened to the impassioned plea of the speaker to increase our commitement to prayer and grandious world changing actions. Within my lifetime I have seen the replacement of artistic music written as an offering to God with tunes requiring ten minutes at the piano to compose and allowing the calculation of ones 401K return while singing along with the band leader a reasonable compromise of 15 minutes. While the chorus leader fights to win the attention tug-of-war between the tunes and the board meeting tomorrow, the trophy of clay is never really scrutinized. At what price have we paid to invoke emotions and drive attentions? Does it really matter if the attention paid to the music is only half hearted? Is the result really any different than one who is deaply sucked into an emotional high?

Some say we need to strive for a more simpler time or meet the masses at their own level. Who listens to Bach, Luther or Wesley anyway? With the expectations we have for the congregations today we should not be supprised when the scope of the commitement is limited to the sidewalk. The speaker talked of times of prayer. Hmmm, shall we look at the bulletin again? After the emotional rollercoaster of the praise band its hard to focus on hard prayer. Lets keep it light. Don’t want to quench the spirit you know….

Maybe the Church thinks it needs to follow the populas where ever they go instead of striving for the high ground where people are challenged and must be willing to sacrifice. Certainly, the business model says find your customer’s needs and fill them. I remember when people sought after God and found what He wanted and strived to do it.

Scott W

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