Is there really a line?
A touchy area that we are moving into is the debate of Christian music vs. secular music. Now I'm not even going to go into the whole "Drums and electric guitar are evil and invoke evil spirits to have their way" argument. We just aren't going there. Neither will we discuss why syncopated rhythms are of the devil. I find that a total waste of time. Now that that's out of the way.
What classifies Christian music? Is it the words? The instruments used? Is it the label that produces the artist? What happens if a Christian artist writes a song that has no words to indicate that it was written to God? How is it still "Christian"? What if a "Non-Christian" artist writes a song that could clearly be used as a song for worship to God? Are we allowed to do that?
I've had this conversation with few people and someone once said "If it's good music don't you think that everything good comes from God?" That got me thinking and I think I agree. I know that Satan can come clothed as an angel of light and deceive us but I'm not sure that discerning whether a song is Satanic or not is too hard of challenge. It may come as a shock to some of us, but we've been playing some "non-Christian" music in our pregathering line up for the last 11 gatherings. These songs are written by people that may or may not be Christ followers but the lyrics of their songs point us in God's direction.
At TXC every sunday worship experience revolves around 1 theme. Even though we are in the middle of a series on sexuality (and there aren't many worship songs on that theme) we try to direct people's attention onto that theme while singing (we've got some growing to do in this area). There are so many good "songs" (is it possible to drop the Christian/non-Christian label?) out there that speak truth and so we are choosing to leverage that truth and use it in a way that helps to support the supreme truth of God's word.
This week will be the first time we experiment with this live. We're stoked as it communicates so clearly what this week is all about. Come ready for something a little different!
What classifies Christian music? Is it the words? The instruments used? Is it the label that produces the artist? What happens if a Christian artist writes a song that has no words to indicate that it was written to God? How is it still "Christian"? What if a "Non-Christian" artist writes a song that could clearly be used as a song for worship to God? Are we allowed to do that?
I've had this conversation with few people and someone once said "If it's good music don't you think that everything good comes from God?" That got me thinking and I think I agree. I know that Satan can come clothed as an angel of light and deceive us but I'm not sure that discerning whether a song is Satanic or not is too hard of challenge. It may come as a shock to some of us, but we've been playing some "non-Christian" music in our pregathering line up for the last 11 gatherings. These songs are written by people that may or may not be Christ followers but the lyrics of their songs point us in God's direction.
At TXC every sunday worship experience revolves around 1 theme. Even though we are in the middle of a series on sexuality (and there aren't many worship songs on that theme) we try to direct people's attention onto that theme while singing (we've got some growing to do in this area). There are so many good "songs" (is it possible to drop the Christian/non-Christian label?) out there that speak truth and so we are choosing to leverage that truth and use it in a way that helps to support the supreme truth of God's word.
This week will be the first time we experiment with this live. We're stoked as it communicates so clearly what this week is all about. Come ready for something a little different!
Good for people to know.
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