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Pumping Up The Music For Jesus, Hip-Hop Style |
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Posted By: abelajohnb
Today ChristiansReport.Com posted an article entitled Pumping Up The Music For Jesus, Hip-Hop Style that I read and thought I would comment on.
Some Good Comments
The majority of the article was of little or no interest to me, however toward the end of the article there were a couple of statements that made me go 'Amen Brother!'
Here is the first one:
Amen Brother!
Way to many churches today are hung-up on the past - and refusing to even entertain what the "next generations" need to find comfort and "a place" within the walls of a church. I am convinced that the next 10 years is going to see a massive closer of churches across America - simply because all the old people have died and gone to heave, and the next generation was never ministered too, and thus, are not in church!
As I said in a previous Blog entry I entitled
"Worshiping Outside the Traditional Church Walls":
The "this church" applies to so-many churches today!
Just this past week I had lunch with a pastor who openly admitted that his church is doing nothing to reach my generation. This is not to say he does not want too, but simply his church was not structured in a way to effectively reach my generation. At one point he simply put his head down and you could see that he was beginning to realize his church will be dead in the next 15 years unless he begins to actively take action. Hopefully he will.
The second quote from the article that caught my attention was one of my favorite quotes in Christendom.
Right on brother!!
The same pastor I had lunch with this week asked me "So John, what do you think about having only traditional music in our church?"
My answer to this question was quick and to-the-point (probably because I've said it a lot!):
And that, is all I have to say on this matter.... for now, at least 
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greybear |
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Posted by:
greybear
(Posted: 01/11/06 4:55am)
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Hi John,
Music was a tough hurdle for me. I stuck close to the contemporary "praise & worship" songs until I worked at a boys home. I had read in "Purpose Driven Life" that music is neither christian or not. It's the message in the lyrics that brings glory to God or not. That said, I now have a wide variety of music which all bring glory to God in their message. The trick with the younger "louder" music is that if the kids aren't listening to the message in the lyrics and only the music, then the song has lost it's purpose. I also believe that whether loud or soft, new or old, the group/person needs to take every opportunity to share the salvation message. I saw Skillet in concert once and was very disappointed that they never stopped and shared the gospel Good News of Christ. My boys from the home said they were the best band, but couldn't remember a single line from a single song. Just that they "rocked". Not a message at all in my book, if the objective is to reach the lost. That's my take on the music end of it.
In Christ,
GreyBear
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Posted by:
papillionkiller 
(Posted: 04/21/07 7:31pm)
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Hmm! Who was it that said "I become all people that I might reach a few".
And I think someone gave another person a dream about having dinner with someone that was not at all in the dreamers life style.
The Church has been to many years trying to conform people to it's idea of what it is to be a Christian.
The message never has to change(must never change), the delivery might need too to reach it's audience.
Besides if they can sing praises to God dancing naked by the river in the old testament who am I to say whats next. 
Well said blog.
As long as Jesus is worshiped and glorified.
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Raised in a private Christian school until his senior year, Mr. Abela has been around the Christian Faith nearly his entire life. Shortly after entering High School he became involved in researching his Native American heritage and soon found himself deeply involved in the Native American religion. Shortly before his...
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