Music

Letters

March 1, 2004

Dear Dave and T.A., You asked for feedback on the radio ministry. As you are not on a station in my area, I have been receiving it [on tape] monthly for the last couple years. I find the tapes to be very useful. They work in very well with my...Read more

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Questions and Responses

Question: I have been disturbed for some time by the “praise and worship” music in my church—even to the point of looking elsewhere. But I seem to find the same thing everywhere I go....Am I just old-fashioned? Help me.

Question: What is your opinion of rock music? Would you condemn it?

Question: A friend recently got involved with something at his church called The Alpha Course. It convinced him that by learning certain techniques one “can hear directly from God.” What is The Alpha Course? Is it widespread?

Question: [Citing Acts 5:42 - NIV,] Rick Warren hypes different “venues” for different styles of worship and music in his church in order to...accommodate people with differing tastes....Is he reaching a bit here?

Question: How can you be down on all contemporary music, choruses, etc.?

Question: Everywhere I turn I find the “Alpha Course.”... What is the “Alpha Course” and what is your opinion about it?

Question: It is unfair to paint...sweeping generalizations [about worship music]. Isn’t the most important issue whether the heart of the musician pleases God?

Question: [Will you] clarify your position [on contemporary Christian music and worship traditions]?

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