I love to sing praise and worship to our King. I like CCM, not all of it... as in all things (hymns also) we need to be discerning and pick out the bad apples. (I'm using these terms, hymns and CCM, just as general categories for conservative and contemporary).
I also love hymns, they have become even more special to me as I sing more and more CCM. CCM is in the emotional and easily understood spectrum whereas hymns have heritage and very rich verbage. I also believe that CCM is better tool to reach contemporary people that come from such a worldly emotional high.
Story...
My sister sings in the Lyrics choir at BJ. I had the privelege of going to their concert last night and hearing my sister sing her soloists parts (She was an angel... I know... I'm biased). But what I wanted to communicate, was that despite the fact that I couldn't understand all the words in the Latin mass, I couldn't help but worship God. Not only for Sanctus, Benidictus, and Gloria in Excelsis. I worshiped Him for the wonder of His creation and for giving us the ability to sing and create music to glorify him.
Psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs.
What do you think?
Posted by tomglass at November 20, 2004 11:47 AMI posted something here yesterday! But it didn't take - harumph! I love the hymn "The love of God" especially verse 3 - the lyrics are INCREDIBLE!!! Hymns do have a very rich lyrical heritage. Contemporary songs can too but alot of times they just repeat phrases. Both are great ways to worship as long as we remember that worshipping is an attitude of the heart.
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