Comments on: Bored With Contemporary Worship

By: Fortuitous Bouncing « Man of Depravity

Fortuitous Bouncing « Man of Depravity — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 14:59:05 +0000

[...] Bored with contemporary worship music. [...]

By: twc_admin

twc_admin — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 18:31:54 +0000

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By: jordan fowler

jordan fowler — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 17:44:35 +0000

Hence the reason on a Sunday off I tend to find myself drifting to an Episcopalian or other high church done well. The richness of the liturgy. Now if we could combine that richness with a preaching of an exclusive Gospel of Christ and no “do-goodism” I might convert.

By: Trent

Trent — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 16:41:55 +0000

We, in Christian leadership, are forever trying to figure out what “works” well and then, what works better–all the time striving to somehow measure the “success” of our efforts and validate ourselves. We place an extraordinary emphasis on production value and try to spiritualize it. We are obsessed with style, trading authenticity for “relevancy.” We stand on stage with closed eyes wearing the title of “worship leader” and have the audacity to suggest that our job is to get people to emulate us.

No wonder they’re bored. They’re only seeing us–and we’re not all that exciting.

Jesus is.

Maybe if we go away and let Jesus have the stage they’ll stop being bored. Some of them might get downright uncomfortable–perish the thought!

By: worshipideas

worshipideas — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 04:52:53 +0000

Bored With Contemporary Worship http://tr.im/oBKx

By: joel klampert

joel klampert — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 23:23:19 +0000

great article on @theworshipcommunity http://tinyurl.com/kpgkan Bored with contemporary worship #fb

By: Kyle

Kyle — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 22:34:21 +0000

“How do we come to him with more of our emotions, needs and experiences?”

That sentence has my head spinning. Folks we are talking about worshipping the almighty God, it has NOTHING to do with our needs. I have to disagree with almost everything in the “Narrow Aims” problem section, in fact I’d say the problem is exactly the opposite of that.

The church has much too broad of aims in worship in that it has become more about how we feel, our experiences and needs, the lighting, if we’re excited by the songs or bored and not about who God is and his place to be worshipped above all, through all and to not have anything but Jesus mediate our worship. If you can’t worship because you are bored then that’s idolatry. Straight up.

Now there’s nothing wrong with reworking our musical execution to bring freshness, raise the quality level etc… I do that constantly. If you’ve followed my blog or know me at all you know I try and push creative bounds with looping and such. But I can’t elevate all that garbage, it’s just utility. To say we need a broader goal in worship and bring more of our needs and experiences I think misses the point big time.

I say all that with love.

By: pmugarura

pmugarura — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 20:54:35 +0000

you may think it’s not true, but it is. I am BORED with contemporary worship http://bit.ly/35ytM

By: Sue Densmore

Sue Densmore — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 19:05:33 +0000

Worship leaders and friends – Important post, should spark important discussion. http://bit.ly/35ytM

By: fmckinnon

fmckinnon — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 18:08:14 +0000

RT @theworshipcomm: Bored With Contemporary Worship http://tinyurl.com/nv9leg