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Thursday, May 19, 2011

Church isn't for entertainment

This book I'm reading by Biblical scholar Kimberly Smith states this.

"The Church's purpose is not to please the world.  Its purpose is to minister to the saints and to provide a sanctuary from the world...let it me said that if people are serious about finding God, they will come to our churches and won't need weekly entertainment to draw them."

This is exactly what I've been saying all along!  Church is suppose to glorify God; not glorify human.
 
"Have we forgotten that it is the Holy Spirit who draws people to Christ, not "methods" (including the "right" music) devised by man?"

I have to say.  There are a lot of things in this book that I disagree with, (the whole "carnal," or backbeats, complex harmonies, unnatural rhythms, vs. "non-carnal," or straightforward, spiritual music.  However, church suppose to satisfy God, not satisfy the flesh).  But the phrase above has to be true.

On a side note, I think dancing like Elvis or KISS on a stage in a church has got to displease God very much.


 

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