We attended a 10-hour Christian worship concert today.\u00a0 I guess there were 10,000 people there, but I don’t know for sure; I’m not experienced at estimating crowd sizes.\u00a0 Heard a lot of excellent Christian artists.<\/p>\n
Near the end, between two groups, we got a sermon.\u00a0 At least I was guessing it was a sermon, before it turned into a plea to return the Compassion International packets if we still had them.\u00a0 Regardless of that, it was still a sermon I guess.\u00a0 And I learned something.<\/p>\n
Whoever it was speaking said, “There are 16 Hebrew and Greek words translated as ‘worship’ in our Bibles, and NOT ONE OF THEM implies MUSIC or SINGING.\u00a0 Not one.\u00a0 Mostly they address different aspects of SERVICE.”\u00a0 He took as his text Isaiah’s account of the throne-room of God, and he said Isaiah’s “Here am I; send me” statement was WORSHIP.\u00a0 Because he gave himself to accomplish God’s will.\u00a0 THAT IS WHAT WORSHIP IS.<\/p>\n
And then the speaker (or preacher, or whatever he was) said, “That is not what I would LIKE worship to mean.\u00a0 I have degrees in church music, and have been a recording artist for 12 years, and I would like WORSHIP to mean MUSIC — but it doesn’t.”<\/p>\n
I thought that was a very significant statement.\u00a0 I need to think about it some more.<\/p>\n
Oh, by the way, as the speaker left the platform they said, “Thank you Shaun Groves for that message.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
We attended a 10-hour Christian worship concert today.\u00a0 I guess there were 10,000 people there, but I don’t know for sure; I’m not experienced at estimating crowd sizes.\u00a0 Heard a lot of excellent Christian artists. Near the end, between two … Continue reading