Music is a drawing point or perhaps it is more accurate to say, a "selling point". Nevertheless, people are being entertained, and that entertainment is called worship. After speaking at several youth events Ergun Caner wrote:
"Having done these types of events for some time, I can assure you, the students do not come to be “entertained.” They come expecting to be challenged. They leave, claiming their cities for Christ."
So if this is true, take away the music and see if they are truly on fire. See if they still come to hear the Word of God preached. Then again, if the Christmas sermon (ie: tell a lot of jokes) Ergun preached is preaching, then perhaps they will.
2 comments:
I'll never forget going to a Michael W. Smith concert (in Dodge City of all places) that exposed a similar thought in mind that you are talking about. People bought enough tickets to justify adding another concert that same day and being there was a total blast. He was funny, talented and completely entertaining. The funny thing was, after a while some one in the crowd shouted, "we came to see God glorified." To which Mr. Smith replied, "amen." Which, to me, sounded like a nice way of saying, "shut -up. You live your live to glorify God, you buy tickets to a Michael W. Smith concert to be entertained in a way that doesn't offend your world-view." Ok, so maybe that's just what I would have said, but I think we're on the same page. You can't say that doing what God has gifted us to do and doing it well doesn't glorify him. However, you can say that a Christian concert is not a biblical mode of evangelism or the complete picture of worship revealed in scripture. Be honest with yourself - most people are buying a ticket to the show.
There is a lot of truth in this post and in the comment above.
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