Marshall Walter gave me this article to read from "Biola Magazine," about current worship music in churches needing to have, as the subtitle of the article states, "a dose of doctrine and imagination." The article is part critique, and part encouragement for churches and church music leaders/teams, to choose thoughtful, biblical music for their corporate worship meetings. I found it very encouraging.
Here are a few quotes from the article I thought were especially good:
"If we are praying or singing things together as a congregation that are shallow or disconnected, we are not succeeding in forming Christians to be the people of God," says [Andrew] Braine, who believes worship pastors should be intentional about choosing songs and leading a service that is deep, meaningful and every bit as truth-filled as the pastor's sermon.
[W]orship music shouldn't pander to the audience or assume they can't handle complexity or depth in worship.
[W]orship should be less about making us feel good and more about fundamentally changing who we are as the people of God.
"Ultimately, we need to turn our eyes to God and away from ourselves, adds [Dan] Radmacher. There are a lot of songs about my response to God in worship, but songs that focus on Him should be our bread and butter. 2 Corinthians 3 says that if we gaze on God's glory we change; not if we focus on ourselves."
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