Worship Music

FredS · Post by **FredS** » 15 Sep 2022, 11:21

I used to think I was a *bad Christian because the music at Church matters so much to me. All things being equal, music is the deciding factor for me. The reason I felt weird about that is because, my whole life, I've been told it's not about me. It's about God. Worshiping God. As if I should enter, worship, and leave without a single emotion of my own. Now I know that's nonsense - He hardwired us for music.
That's why this is true:

*I'm probably still a bad Christian but I don't beat myself up over the music anymore.

Hugo Drax · Post by **Hugo Drax** » 15 Sep 2022, 12:47

FredS wrote: 15 Sep 2022, 11:21 I used to think I was a *bad Christian because the music at Church matters so much to me. All things being equal, music is the deciding factor for me. The reason I felt weird about that is because, my whole life, I've been told it's not about me. It's about God. Worshiping God. As if I should enter, worship, and leave without a single emotion of my own. Now I know that's nonsense - He hardwired us for music.
That's why this is true:

*I'm probably still a bad Christian but I don't beat myself up over the music anymore.

Never trust a man that thinks he's a good Christian, sir.

tuttle · Post by **tuttle** » 15 Sep 2022, 13:25

FredS wrote: 15 Sep 2022, 11:21 my whole life, I've been told it's not about me. It's about God. Worshiping God. As if I should enter, worship, and leave without a single emotion of my own.

I think there are many of us who have been told that. And while there are truths to be pulled out of that, I think it's mostly been used as a club against people in order to justify crappy music.

Del · Post by **Del** » 15 Sep 2022, 13:28

Hugo Drax wrote: 15 Sep 2022, 12:47
FredS wrote: 15 Sep 2022, 11:21 *I'm probably still a bad Christian but I don't beat myself up over the music anymore.
Never trust a man that thinks he's a good Christian, sir.

Wise guys with wisdom! This is why I love CPS.

On topic:

Top two reasons why a generation of Catholics stopped going to Mass: The lack of reverence and the music.

Top two reasons why devotion to the Traditional Latin Mass is growing so fast among young adult Catholics: The reverence and the music.
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I think a lot of bad worship music is caused by fear of silence.

We end up with a piano banger and an awful microphone singer at every worship because our pastors are afraid of silence.

coco · Post by **coco** » 15 Sep 2022, 17:14

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qeP7iF03wRM

JimVH · Post by **JimVH** » 15 Sep 2022, 17:54

coco wrote: 15 Sep 2022, 17:14 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qeP7iF03wRM

It never gets old.

Hugo Drax · Post by **Hugo Drax** » 15 Sep 2022, 22:36

Drives me nuts. I love Christ with all I have and I'm always torn...on the one hand, I play a few instruments well and was blessed with perfect pitch. On the other, I cannot carry a tune in a bucket. I can hear that I'm off but cannot hit the correct notes with my singing voice and therefore I do not sing. I choose to vibrate instead.

JimVH · Post by **JimVH** » 16 Sep 2022, 07:33

I'm wired opposite. There are private moments that music moves me deeply, but during a service, the music is usually just something I have to impatiently endure in order to get to the sermon. It always seemed weird that worship music doesn't have a huge emotional effect on me when other music does.

That'll get you called a bad Christian, too.

joegoat · Post by **joegoat** » 16 Sep 2022, 21:43

I'm not a fan of modern worship music. My personal preference is reverence and meaning at every step we take closer toward the altar.
Repeating the same three lines four dozen times, with a line of ahhhhhhhhhh ahhhhhhhh ahhhhh in-between just doesn't do it.
Worship songs should have verses filled with truth. The music is only there to carry the words along. The words should be a prayer. Repetition holds a place in worship, but when coupled with music I feel that modern worship songs makes our feet begin to tap before we begin to worship.
Just my two cents.

jmg · Post by **jmg** » 17 Sep 2022, 08:25

This is not my favorite version of this song, but it's one of the most moving/convicting songs for me. I often have a hard time finishing singing it when I play it on the guitar. It's a powerfully moving message.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p6MvZLDBFpU