C.S. Lewis - On Church Music

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[willrobinson]

Yes, Christianity is about the intentions of the heart more than anything else.

[ww]

What a beautiful closing comment: "which a father values indeed, but values only for the intention."

[PrairieWindSun]

Beautiful analysis of the role of music toward God. To me its an expressive subjective art of sound made meaningful, yet also a practical tool to show excellence, improvement, devotion toward what the tool aims at in fulfilling an objective, in this case glorifying God. This can be done beyond sound, such as food, career, manners, cleanliness, and so on, but for music in particular, it shows the importance of communication, of vocal symbolism, in much the same way God spoke the everlasting Word and created the universe, we glorify Him as children attempting a parallel with meaningful sounds which lasts over a duration of time. Though infinitely more feeble than God's own Word, we seek to improve it nonetheless to show our desire to emulate Him in harmony, a chorus that overrides the discord of any individual failings.

[GB-xthc]

I like his phrase "shouting music".

[lindateuling]

I tend to agree with you on this. I think his heart is in the right place, but he openly admits that he doesn't know a whole lot about music. As both a pianist and an organist who has worked a lot in the church the music seems to be something that most people don't totally agree on.

[nancybaumgartner]

All too often there is excessive music in most churches. Music people tend to assign entirely too high a value to church music, and call themselves the “worship team”. Its music . That is all. Music can be part of worship but is not worship itself. I prefer more teaching/message and less music .

[Vesnicie]

I don't sing in church for the simple reason that I bray like a donkey and since I am not a donkey, it hardly seems that sounding like one is to the glory of God.

[onerider]

Fewer, better, and shorter hymns. Lol

[DustyRoadz]

Use of musical instruments isn’t biblical sound doctrine for worship… it was used under the old law, but not now under the law of Christ.

[fionah]

Enjoyable but the reader is boring to listen to