Comments on: Hymns http://paulpetersonlive.com/2007/07/30/hymns/ Evolving out loud: thoughts on parenting, spirituality, leadership, & a few other things too Sat, 04 Feb 2012 16:51:34 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: MirroredGrace http://paulpetersonlive.com/2007/07/30/hymns/#comment-3014 Tue, 31 Jul 2007 23:09:04 +0000 http://paulpeterson.wordpress.com/2007/07/30/hymns/#comment-3014 Oops! I forgot to give you the link! http://mirroredgrace.wordpress.com/2007/07/31/church-music/

Do you know that since I posted the first comment, my blog has gotten over 50 hits today? That is an all-time high for me.

But Alas! No one has left a comment…

]]> By: bill http://paulpetersonlive.com/2007/07/30/hymns/#comment-2997 Tue, 31 Jul 2007 02:46:44 +0000 http://paulpeterson.wordpress.com/2007/07/30/hymns/#comment-2997 I love the hymns, good, rich theology. But I appreciate groups like “Indelible Grace” who take these old, rich hymns and put them to new tunes. We mix both hymns and contemporary music. The best way to describe our worship at Big Creek Church is, to borrow a phrase from Robert Webber, “Ancient Future”.

]]> By: MirroredGrace http://paulpetersonlive.com/2007/07/30/hymns/#comment-2996 Tue, 31 Jul 2007 01:08:10 +0000 http://paulpeterson.wordpress.com/2007/07/30/hymns/#comment-2996 Agreed and AMEN!

I had too much to comment about this one, so I blogged about it over at my place. Check it out…

]]> By: Keith Waggoner http://paulpetersonlive.com/2007/07/30/hymns/#comment-2995 Tue, 31 Jul 2007 01:05:30 +0000 http://paulpeterson.wordpress.com/2007/07/30/hymns/#comment-2995 Money quote; “We don’t sing songs based on when they were written! We sing songs based on their theology! We sing them because of what they say and this song says a lot!”

Worship wars are nothing more than power grabs to cater to a person’s (or group’s) personal philosophy or comfort zone. Let’s lead songs based on the content and not on the style. I’m here to tell you that there are a lot of hymns that I don’t lead because of the trite lyrics or irrelevant message. The same is true for contemporary hymns and choruses. You know, this whole idea really applies to the broader scope of ministry as well. Content, content, content! (Scraping noise and faint thump as I jump off of soapbox)

Praying for you, bro.

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