Sound in Worship Sound in Worship

Talking about the local church, better uses of your time than Facebook, and a sermon.

The title explains it! If you're up for a talk about the gospel, listen in!

Anna Beth, Silas, Kaylee, and I invite you to a real-life reading of Luke 2. Luke 2 reveals Christ coming into the world and we want you to join us as we read this account together. It is also very real-life and you will hear the natural sounds of us all. As in any family Scripture reading with little ones, there were bloopers...

Music is a wonderfully created gift from God. He formed our ears and our ability to hear sound. He allowed our minds to have conscious thoughts, and gave us the ability to communicate with our voices. When we're speaking with each other, we know that our conversations mean something. When we sing with one another, we communicate an agreed upon truth in the beauty of His music notes. We're able to notice something special is happening in music. Glory to God!

Jesus, unsurprisingly, is clear about worship needing to be in spirit and truth. It's obviously a necessity and something that shouldn't be taken lightly. We can't worship with just any lyrics, only true ones.

Christians seem to have different stances when it comes to this question. The question is asked in these kinds of forms:


Should Christians listen to rock music?
Should Christians listen to hip-hop music?
Should Christians create Christian rock music?
Should Christians create Christian hip-hop music?
Should Christians avoid [insert genre here] genre?

In my own encounters with this kind of question in public forums, many seem to be passionate about their own stance. In this article, I will give my own stance, in which I intend to appeal to Scripture. If we base this on feelings or opinions we will end up with a meaningless answer.