yes and amen! the church, at large, needs to return to hymns and psalms. it is good and healthy and right to sing about God’s judgment on our enemies, or to sing laments that are centred around the hope that only comes in Christ. we need songs that are not vain repetitions, sung against the backdrop of the same three chord progressions, produced in a way that intentionally incites emotionalism (see: hillsong, bethel, etc), but instead we need songs that are grounded in the glories of Scripture, whatever their theme.
Amen! And to be fair, of course, there are very emotive psalms too. One of the problems with the modern worship movement is that it often fixated upon emotional personalism at the expense of other themes and forms. It gave the Church a myopic view of God's, leading to ignorance or embarrassment about "problematic" parts of Scripture wherever it doesn't conform to their experience.
Love this series! Soup for the soul!
Thankyou!
yes and amen! the church, at large, needs to return to hymns and psalms. it is good and healthy and right to sing about God’s judgment on our enemies, or to sing laments that are centred around the hope that only comes in Christ. we need songs that are not vain repetitions, sung against the backdrop of the same three chord progressions, produced in a way that intentionally incites emotionalism (see: hillsong, bethel, etc), but instead we need songs that are grounded in the glories of Scripture, whatever their theme.
Amen! And to be fair, of course, there are very emotive psalms too. One of the problems with the modern worship movement is that it often fixated upon emotional personalism at the expense of other themes and forms. It gave the Church a myopic view of God's, leading to ignorance or embarrassment about "problematic" parts of Scripture wherever it doesn't conform to their experience.