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Tend to agree. Most Christian music sounds very samey to me and simply doesn't stir my soul. I realise this is a very personal perspective, but I find a lot of

Tend to agree. Most Christian music sounds very samey to me and simply doesn't stir my soul. I realise this is a very personal perspective, but I find a lot of "secular" music better for worship: Hendrix, Led Zep, Guns 'N' Roses, Soundgarden, Hybrid, She, Pendulum, and of course plenty of orchestral and ensemble music from earlier eras. This stuff stirs my soul. I'm honestly not trying to be edgy here, and I'm well aware that this isn't going to be everyone's (or even the majority's) bag, and I'm definitely not suggesting that Christian music needs to change for my benefit (it really doesn't). That's all totally OK: it's just me saying that after 22 years of being a Christian I know who I am.

redbeard0x0a 8y ago
> I'm honestly not trying to be edgy here, and I'm well aware that this isn't going to be everyone's (or even the majority's) bag We forget that people are extremely varied, there is room for everybody. An infinite God probably doesn't create only ~3 "right" ways of worshipping, living, serving, teaching, etc.
taborj 8y ago
As the Grateful Dead once sang - "Once in a while you get shown the light in the strangest of places if you look at it right."
dagw 8y ago
This is one of those ancient church debates that goes back centuries. Should 'church' music be something that you listen to in silence and revel in its beauty or something that your participate and by doing so praise God with your voice. If you want everybody to play/sing along with gusto you better make the music easy to sing and play.
dreix 8y ago
you're right and it tends to become more and more like that. On the other hand they are so simple you can pretty much pick up any song after the first couple of lines.
kybernetikos 8y ago
There may be a distinction between music that is intended to stir you as you listen to it and music that is intended to stir you as you sing it.

redbeard0x0a 8y ago

> I'm honestly not trying to be edgy here, and I'm well aware that this isn't going to be everyone's (or even the majority's) bag We forget that people are extremely varied, there is room for everybody. An infinite God probably doesn't create only ~3 "right" ways of worshipping, living, serving, teaching, etc.

taborj 8y ago

As the Grateful Dead once sang - "Once in a while you get shown the light in the strangest of places if you look at it right."

dagw 8y ago

This is one of those ancient church debates that goes back centuries. Should 'church' music be something that you listen to in silence and revel in its beauty or something that your participate and by doing so praise God with your voice. If you want everybody to play/sing along with gusto you better make the music easy to sing and play.

dreix 8y ago

you're right and it tends to become more and more like that. On the other hand they are so simple you can pretty much pick up any song after the first couple of lines.

kybernetikos 8y ago

There may be a distinction between music that is intended to stir you as you listen to it and music that is intended to stir you as you sing it.