Music – The Golden Calf – Conclusion

“The modern church mix is made up of many people who are drawn to the ideas and trappings of church but who are not surrendered properly to Jesus, and those of the second [group], those who HAVE surrendered to Jesus at some point, but who have grown weary in well-doing and have laid down their [...]

Music – The Golden Calf – Part 9

The problem is most no longer seek to approach worship from a God-centered perspective, but a man centered perspective.
From Christian Worship, “Today there are two decidedly different and opposing approaches to worship. There is God-centered worship composed of some who embrace the regulative principle of worship and some who embrace the normative. And there [...]

Music – The Golden Calf – Part 8

Here are two further principles from Scripture that must dictate what we can choose to use in the area of style. First, when a music style does more to produce and stir up passions of the flesh because of the beat instead of a desire to come reverently and humbly before the Creator of the [...]

A Checklist for Church Music!

Thanks Michael for sharing this article by Nathan Busenitz.  You may read the article along with any accompanying comments here.
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I would encourage reading the following…some of these questions leave a lot unanswered on the table from many various artists and forms of “worship”.
In Christ,
Michael
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I believe Nathan who serves as personal assistant to John MacArthur is [...]

Music – The Golden Calf – Part 7

Up to this point, some readers have assumed that I have thrown out ALL styles of music and genres simply because of my personal preference. They have read into what I have shared about my own personal convictions and will have charged me with trying to convince the church-at-large to only listen to and like [...]

Music – The Golden Calf – Part 6

For far too long, the church has allowed the world to dictate the standards which are acceptable. This has become true not just in music, but in dress and our conduct. It does not take much thought to see that the two are and have been directly related.
As an example, take Amy Grant who violated [...]

Music – The Golden Calf – Part 5

Look at one of the statements in that last paragraph. “To take a thing unwholesome and unchristian in its conception and sprinkle it with Christian terminology (e.g. Christian music and Christian psychology) is to breech this commandment of God.”

As we have already mentioned, far too many have made music a golden calf. In their [...]

Music – The Golden Calf – Part 4

There are some while agreeing with my synopsis of what has or is transpiring within churches today would still question whether there are biblical commands that are actually being violated. The prevalent attitude seems to be that what merely seems irreverent to one person can be reverent and worshipful to another.

We spoke earlier on [...]

Music – The Golden Calf – Part 3

Let’s take a stroll down history lane. In 1951, a relatively small-time DJ by the name of Alan Freed was about to make history for himself. Observing the style of the new music that was sweeping across America and gaining popularity particularly with a restless youth population, Alan saw what the new style was doing. [...]

Music – The Golden Calf – Part 2

We now proceed to look at a biblical example to answer the question of whether God accepts any type or style or worship simply by my telling Him that this is for Him. Let’s see whether this mindset lines up with the Scriptures or whether churches today have built a golden calf to be [...]