Comments on: Worship Music with Substance (Or How Can I Keep From Gagging?) http://inamirrordimly.com/2007/02/05/worship-music-with-substance-or-how-can-i-keep-from-gagging/ A theology and culture blog with the Bible in one tab and a news feed in the other. Fri, 21 Nov 2008 10:05:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Adam Malliet http://inamirrordimly.com/2007/02/05/worship-music-with-substance-or-how-can-i-keep-from-gagging/#comment-350 Adam Malliet Tue, 06 Feb 2007 23:15:25 +0000 http://inamirrordimly.com/?p=724#comment-350 What jumped out at me was this reckless use of the first person singular. Was this song meant to be sung alone in a car at the top of one pair of lungs or is this a song meant for corporate worship. I am just imagining (can you imagine) a church of one thousand people singing their autonomous songs of praise completely unaware of the interconnectedness of the body of Christ. One thousand autonomous religions all slightly resembling Christianity. blah, What jumped out at me was this reckless use of the first person singular. Was this song meant to be sung alone in a car at the top of one pair of lungs or is this a song meant for corporate worship. I am just imagining (can you imagine) a church of one thousand people singing their autonomous songs of praise completely unaware of the interconnectedness of the body of Christ. One thousand autonomous religions all slightly resembling Christianity. blah,

]]> By: ed http://inamirrordimly.com/2007/02/05/worship-music-with-substance-or-how-can-i-keep-from-gagging/#comment-349 ed Tue, 06 Feb 2007 16:02:41 +0000 http://inamirrordimly.com/?p=724#comment-349 Charity, great point. That's why I wrestled with posting this. Maybe there is a place for it, especially for new believers who are not inundated with the usual worship stuff. Nevertheless, I still think on the whole we could do better. About the title: I needed something that was catchy. Tomlin doesn't really make me gag, but I have been dang close. Charity, great point. That’s why I wrestled with posting this. Maybe there is a place for it, especially for new believers who are not inundated with the usual worship stuff. Nevertheless, I still think on the whole we could do better.

About the title: I needed something that was catchy. Tomlin doesn’t really make me gag, but I have been dang close.

]]> By: Charity http://inamirrordimly.com/2007/02/05/worship-music-with-substance-or-how-can-i-keep-from-gagging/#comment-348 Charity Tue, 06 Feb 2007 15:55:10 +0000 http://inamirrordimly.com/?p=724#comment-348 "How can I keep from gagging?" Man, that's harsh. (Yet, how can I keep from chuckling?) I haven't listened to that album yet, but generally speaking, I know where you are coming from on this. Isn't there a purpose for predictable worship music, though? At the church I go to, they use a lot of songs that would fit that description, but they seem to work well in a group setting like that because people can join in even when they don't know the song. “How can I keep from gagging?”

Man, that’s harsh. (Yet, how can I keep from chuckling?)

I haven’t listened to that album yet, but generally speaking, I know where you are coming from on this.

Isn’t there a purpose for predictable worship music, though?

At the church I go to, they use a lot of songs that would fit that description, but they seem to work well in a group setting like that because people can join in even when they don’t know the song.

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