Wednesday, December 3, 2014

Empty Words of "Worship"


Do our actions contradict our words?  Do our shallow lives reflect the poverty of so much that passes for "worship" in many churches today but is little more than the repetition of pitifully empty expressions from new song writers? Although sincere, many are not spiritually mature enough to be writing replacements for the old hymns of the faith written by people who knew the Lord for many years and expressed their love and appreciation for God and Christ so well.  It's not the style -- it's the words and the lack of real depth so often expressed in contemporary "worship."


Dave Hunt, "Wonderful Love," The Berean Call, December 2005

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3 comments:

  1. Ron LivesayDecember 3, 2014 at 1:13 PM

    Glenn:

    You are right. When I hear some of this contemporary "worship music" (which I call "whoopsie do music"), I am bothered by the style and sound of it. However, that is not the biggest problem. The shallow, lame, meaningless lyrics are what make me thankful for the good and meaningful hymns.

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  2. Glenn E. ChatfieldDecember 3, 2014 at 1:18 PM

    There are many modern songs which I think have horrid styles and poor musical quality, but since that is a subjective taste, it is difficult to make any doctrinal charges. However, lyrics are a whole other ball game, and it is always open season on bad lyrics.

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  3. AnonymousDecember 4, 2014 at 6:40 AM

    Glenn, this is a very good quote from Hunt. I especially appreciate the part about how many (if not most) of today's contemporary Christian musicians are not spiritually mature enough to be writing replacements for the doctrinally rich hymns that solid believers wrote.

    That said, the style of music commonly used for worship today is also frankly lacking. There seems to be a dearth of formally - and properly - trained musicians leading worship.

    -Carolyn

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