Friday, December 11, 2009

Andrey- Christian Music: Emotion vs. God's Presence

Being a Christian and experiencing many different settings of worship, a question that repeatedly arises among me and my friends is: "Does emotional contemporary Christian music truly convey the experience of the Holy spirit or is it just a high experience." In other words, is much of the contemporary Christian music today truly worship the Lord or does it just offer an individual satisfaction? Churches such as The Wave in Virgina Beach make me wonder this. It has a very concert like feeling and puts a lot of emphasis on lighting, atmosphere, and performance. I'm not questioning that the music does bring many to Christ and makes Christianity appealing to the mainstream, but when does it lose the essence of worship to the lord instead of just attracting higher numbers in attendance.

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