Joyfully Singing

Music is a big subject. Everyone, even down to the smallest child, loves music of some kind and almost everyone has a strong opinion about it. Music is also very influential; it was said by William Congreve that, “Music has charms to sooth a savage breast, to soften rocks, or bend a knotted oak”. I believe music can also be used as a passageway by the Devil to get into our hearts and minds. People who listen to dark music often, start thinking dark thoughts which can lead to the committing of all sorts of dark deeds, though the converse is also true. This is why we must be so careful about what we let in through the “ear gate” into our hearts and minds. Music is, however, a gift from God, it is man who has twisted it into something evil, Luther, the fiery German reformer said, “He who does not find music an inexpressible miracle of the Lord is truly a clod and is not worthy to be considered a man!” This is rather a strong statement, but I agree with him, music is an enor...

The following post is shared on Mrs. Stacy McDonald's blog http://yoursacredcalling.com/blog/   and is extremely insightful as to music and its affect on people. It will certainly  make you think.   When Worldliness Is Next to Godliness The following article by Selah Helms was originally published in Family Reformation magazine in 2004, but it is just as relevant today (if not more so). Please take a moment to prayerfully read and discuss this topic with your families. My teenagers’ peers constantly discuss the movie Bruce Almighty, the rock groups Switchfoot and Evanescence, country music, sexy actors, and personal appearance. In these cultural elements, young people seem to live, move, and have their being. In fact, my own teenagers tell me that hardly anyone they know listens to anything but rock and country music. All this occurs among some of the most conservative Christians in the most conservative churches. Although I am past forty, I remember what...