I know I'm late coming to this thread. But if you will allow me to share my experience in this department, I will. Almost 15 years ago, I was asked to play drums at a week-long church camp for teens in the Baptist church. Unfortunately for us, the camp pastor had just come back from a huge revival experience that had been going on for months and was taking the worship community and the country by storm--new songs and CDs released, etc. One night, we had selected the song "Pour Out My Heart"...a G D Em C progression in 6-8. He insisted we keep playing the song for over half an hour while the kids "experienced God." What was happening wasn't an experience of God, but it was emotional manipulation by lulling those kids into a trance. The other guys in the band and I almost walked off the platform. We informed him after the service of our concerns and we didn't try to re-create that scenario any more. But I felt something heavy in my heart that what we were doing was not right. I think we are all called to worship in our own way and use our talents and gifts to do that. Using music as a tool to bring worshipers together in unison is great. But to use music to manipulate people can cross the line.
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