I decided to stop blogging about politics and blog about something a little less controversial like religion:-) This blog is in no way affiliated with any church and anything I say that is stupid should not be held against anyone but myself.
In the past three or so years since I found Christ, I've done a lot of research and a lot of investigating. This is probably a result of my background as an Intelligence Analyst at the NSA (No Such Agency). As an analyst I was trained to take seemingly random, useless facts and put them together to produce a "whole picture" of a given situation. This methodology is ingrained in my brain and I apply it to every aspect of my life, much to the chagrin of my wife.
I've read the Bible itself almost two full times, and I've read it every single day for the last 2 1/2 years. I also read Bible commentaries and do a lot of googling on various topics.
My goal here is to address various issues from a factual standpoint, based on what the Bible says. The worst thing for the growth of God's Kingdom is for "man" to screw things up by imposing and interpreting Biblical guidelines from a non-Biblical basis.
Many will disagree with me, and that's fine. All I want to do is share how I feel about an issue and why I feel that way, thus giving you, the reader, more facts to form your own opinion.
As for the name of my Blog...Not One Jot. It is in reference to Matthew 5:18
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Monday, December 22, 2008
Old Fashioned Hymns vs. Contemporary Worship Music
I have a lot of respect for "old fashioned" fundamentalist churches. I received Christ as my savior at one of these churches, and learned a great deal afterward. However, after several years and a lot of reading and learning, I slowly started to realize that some of the standards in place that they claim are strictly Biblical, were more Old English tradition, rather than strict adherence to the Word of God (ie. KJV only, Hymns, etc...).
One of these areas of contention for me was the music, being told that the only approved music was old fashioned hymns.
Here's the thing, most of the "old fashioned" hymns they sing were written in late 1800's or early 1900's, either in England or America. The rhythm and style of the music was what was current at the time of writing, being mainly accompanied by piano.
Saying "I'll stick with the good ole' fashioned hymns, not this new modern crap" is like saying "I'll keep driving my car, not those stupid automobiles". If you are going to stick strictly to what was sung during the time of Jesus as worship music, you need to listen to the CD Ancient Echoes which recreates songs which were recorded in the Dead Sea Scrolls, and other Aramic and Hebrew writings of the time.
Essentially, the hymns we call traditional today, were the "christian rock and rap" of the 1800's, because they flew in the face of the original Aramic and Hebrew songs.
I understand that it can be said changing the music to a modern style is conceding or giving in to the world, but that is what was done with the old fashioned hymns in their time, and what needs to be done to allow for the praise of our savior, Jesus today.
Here is a good link:
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1234688
One of these areas of contention for me was the music, being told that the only approved music was old fashioned hymns.
Here's the thing, most of the "old fashioned" hymns they sing were written in late 1800's or early 1900's, either in England or America. The rhythm and style of the music was what was current at the time of writing, being mainly accompanied by piano.
Saying "I'll stick with the good ole' fashioned hymns, not this new modern crap" is like saying "I'll keep driving my car, not those stupid automobiles". If you are going to stick strictly to what was sung during the time of Jesus as worship music, you need to listen to the CD Ancient Echoes which recreates songs which were recorded in the Dead Sea Scrolls, and other Aramic and Hebrew writings of the time.
Essentially, the hymns we call traditional today, were the "christian rock and rap" of the 1800's, because they flew in the face of the original Aramic and Hebrew songs.
I understand that it can be said changing the music to a modern style is conceding or giving in to the world, but that is what was done with the old fashioned hymns in their time, and what needs to be done to allow for the praise of our savior, Jesus today.
Here is a good link:
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1234688
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