{"id":1636,"date":"2013-06-03T07:44:26","date_gmt":"2013-06-03T05:44:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sonofcarey.wordpress.com\/?p=1636"},"modified":"2013-06-03T07:44:26","modified_gmt":"2013-06-03T05:44:26","slug":"contemporary-worship-at-11","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sonofcarey.com\/?p=1636","title":{"rendered":"“Contemporary Worship at 11!”"},"content":{"rendered":"
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When we sing praise to an everlasting God, or sing about a Redeemer who died for us over two millennia ago, but do so employing musical forms that imply that the past is pass\u00e9, we are communicating a mixed message. If a contemporary-sounding hymn is otherwise excellent, then I think we can survive it, especially in small doses. But again, it would need to excel in the other criteria in order to compensate for its defect [in sounding contemporary].<\/p>\n

And surely, surely, no well-thinking church that employed such forms would advertise<\/em> that it was doing so [by putting “contemporary worship” on the church marquee]. Bad enough to do it on occasion; even worse to call attention to the doing of it. Imagine a sign outside a church that read: “Piano out of tune: Come sing with us!” Well, if we must use an out-of-tune piano, let us do so as best we can; but let us not advertise the liability.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

David Gordon, Why Johnny Can’t Sing Hymns<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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