Posted on 02/18/2007 7:30:33 PM PST by freedomdefender
There is a lot of crappy worship music.....the "me me me" spirit of many modern "worship" is disgusting.
But, there is a great variety of amazing songs that just make you fall to the ground as well.
Not all old hymns are deep or solid either. Some are awful.
There is going to be bad with every age of music.
Where would you go to?
You forgot to mention Clifford Brown's "Joy Spring" specially composed, arranged and directed to accompany angels in their song. You also forgot Handel's "Messiah".
That "Heart of worship" song is loved by many; but I have trouble singing the part where you apologize for "the thing I've made it" (because I haven't made it a thing) -- if I say those words, I'm just mouthing it (vain repetition). That is a song for a soloist who has "made it a thing", IMO.
I love a blend of old hymns (for their strong doctrinal orientation) and new choruses like "Breathe", "He is exalted", et al. For me, the blend is essential for maintaining the continuity between past and present. It's all the Body of Christ and ought not to be lost or neglected.
It's all about bringing in the younger generation.
I believe in angels
It's interesting, but I'm apparently not the only one who feels this way. Ten years ago when the church had a mixture of old and new music, nicely arranged, I sang up a storm along with everyone else. There was some great music, very uplifting and exciting, and I'd love to have that experience again. Now many or most of the folks in the church are singing in an unenthusiastic way. By the time the fourth repetition of the lyrics is sung, the choir is on its own and the congregation isn't singing at all, just kind of mumbling along and hoping they can sit down soon. The only time they wake up is when there's a performance by some professional gospel singer who knows how to bring it. So I'm not the only one who finds herself unable to concentrate on worship with this music; the rest of the congregation is annoyed too.
All you'll care about in Heaven is about worshipping God - and if that's singing old time hymns, then belt it out with vigor, and if all that comes to mind is this new stuff, then sing it with gusto - but the point of worship is supposed to be God centered, not self-centeredness.
No need for insults. I was just kidding; lighten up. I bet that when we're really in heaven the singing will be like nothing we've heard on this earth. Probably it will be most like the more ecstatic passages of Handel, who, as he wrote "Messiah," said tearfully that he could see heaven.
2. Did any of them explain who the dead kid in Three Men and a Baby was?
The catholic church believes God did all these miracles and had angels visit long ago and now we must go on faith.
Mormans believe we can and do still talk to God It is the prime difference between the two as I understand it.
The RC believes we must live on faith and the mormons believe we still have God with us.
I heard somewhere some time back the last pope noted that. Said if we are right, their wrong and vice a versa.
Rodney Howard-Browne is on one of the tapes. To learn more about him, listen to Hanegraff's Counterfeit Revival where he (RHB) instructs people not to pray but just received the experience that they were receiving.
To these tapes, aside from the one with RHB I remain open minded- particularly the one with China and the Kansas one. I won't say that they are real, but I won't say they aren't either. Beautiful sounds. The one in Maryland sounds like the Choir sound though on the Kurzweil piano.
No, I'm not condemning the music of any indigenous people. They are worshipping the Lord in joy and reverence, and I'm sure He honors that. In fact, I'm not condemning any people. God knows what's in our hearts and minds.
But to me the heavy bass, electric guitars, electric keyboard, and other modern instruments sound more like the rock concerts of my youth than music for a church. Sometimes the sound is so overwhelmingly loud it's painful, and I fear my hearing is being damaged; I put my hands over my ears to ease the pain. This seems to me more like an effort to please and attract a young crowd accustomed to overamplified rock music, but it's a wasted effort since hardly any young people are there anyway.
I'm not asking anybody to stop worshipping this way. I just come in twenty minutes late when the rock concert is over.
This is not meant in a rude way, but just as a matter of fact, you have no idea about Roman Catholic beliefs. RC's believe in the real presence of Jesus Christ in the mass.
I don't know if they're real either but that last one gave me the heebie jeebies.
mark
No doubt?
This lady on the piano was "leading" 25 persons in "spontaneous worship."
How do you decifer the voices of the "angels" from the 25 spontaneously worshipping congregants?
Bach, for one, wrote for protestants. Not sure about the others.
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