We who preach the gospel must not think of ourselves as public relations agents sent to establish good will between Christ and the world. We must not imagine ourselves commissioned to make Christ acceptable to big business, the press, the world of sports or modern education. We are not diplomats but prophets, and our message is not a compromise but an ultimatum. A.W. Tozer
Therefore let God-inspired Scripture decide between us; and on whichever side be found doctrines in harmony with the word of God, in favor of that side will be cast the vote of truth. --Basil of Caesarea
Once you learn to discern, there's no going back. You will begin to spot the lie everywhere it appears.

I thank Christ Jesus our Lord, who has strengthened me, because He considered me faithful, putting me into service. 1 Timothy 1:12

Thursday, September 3, 2015

Beautiful One?


A song recently used for worship had me scratching my head, because until you get almost to the end you have no idea who the subject is, and until then you wonder if it is sung to a boyfriend or a girlfriend (oh, I guess in the 2nd line the mention of a cross is supposed to do).  Alas, it is another of the “Jesus is my boyfriend” genre.  What is it with “worship leaders” who find this junk food edifying, or even useful for worship?  Take a look at the lyrics; I see no intrinsic value in this song for corporate worship. 

Beautiful One, by Tim Hughes

Wonderful so wonderful is Your unfailing love
Your cross is spoken mercy over me
No eye has seen, no ear has heard, no heart can fully know
How glorious, how beautiful You are

Beautiful One I love
Beautiful One I adore
Beautiful One my soul must sing

Powerful so powerful Your glory fills the skies
Your mighty works displayed for all to see
The beauty of Your majesty awakes my heart to sing
How marvelous, how wonderful You are

Beautiful One I love
Beautiful One I adore
Beautiful One my soul must sing

Beautiful One I love
Beautiful One I adore
Beautiful One my soul must sing

You've opened my eyes to Your wonders anew
Captured my heart with this love
'Cause nothing on earth is as beautiful as You, Jesus

And You've opened my eyes to your wonders anew
Captured my heart with this love
'Cause nothing on earth is as beautiful as You, Jesus

Beautiful One I love
Beautiful One I adore
Beautiful One my soul must sing

Oh my soul, my soul must sing
My soul, my soul must sing
My soul, my soul must sing
Beautiful One

My soul, my soul must sing
My soul, my soul must sing
My soul, my soul must sing
Beautiful One


Am I off base here?  I just have a difficult time singing “how beautiful you are" to a man!

3 comments:

castiron said...

Oh c'mon, you're being too picky..."No eye has seen, no ear has heard" is clearly straight from the Bible. So that makes it just fine.

Not that it's taken out of context or anything, that requires actually reading and studying the Bible and who has time for that??

I was actually surprised when a new song we sang was actually accurate about the end times. But then I noticed that every line was basically straight from scripture, so of course it was accurate. Funny how that works.

I'm female and do have a problem singing these type of goopy love songs to Christ Jesus the King. I can't imagine how much worse it is for the men.

Marie Notcheva said...

Oh no. Matt Redman's "Let My Words be Few" is even worse.....when you get to the chorus. Oh it's actually painful watching the guys in church.....and I like Redmond's music generally! What were they thinking...

Glenn E. Chatfield said...

Oh, I'm going to have to look that one up!!!