Comments on: Accessibility of Worship Music Lyrics http://www.rockworship.com/song-selection/accessibility-of-worship-music-lyrics/ Creating music to lead people into God's presence. Music Ministry Production, Performance, Gear, and Theology Thu, 28 Aug 2008 01:46:27 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Curt Borders http://www.rockworship.com/song-selection/accessibility-of-worship-music-lyrics/#comment-2195 Curt Borders Mon, 14 May 2007 17:30:54 +0000 http://www.rockworship.com/song-selection/accessibility-of-worship-music-lyrics/#comment-2195 There are two sides: YES keep the songs phrasing simple so as not to hinder worshipers, the other side is to teach and streach the people into deeper Biblical truths, and maybe encouraging more bible study along the way. I think it depends on your style and how you worship flow. But if it is an important biblical concept, perhaps towards the praise portion of a worship service would be a good time to introduce this to people. Another important point is to be biblical sound. A very popular worship song uses the catchy phrase "You give and take away" repeated over and over. While this is indeed biblical it does come from a passage in Job that needs context to be understood. I think a simple concept leaves to much to the imagination. We love the song but have replaced this pharase with "You give your life away" making reference to Jesus sacrifice for us. There are two sides: YES keep the songs phrasing simple so as not to hinder worshipers, the other side is to teach and streach the people into deeper Biblical truths, and maybe encouraging more bible study along the way. I think it depends on your style and how you worship flow.
But if it is an important biblical concept, perhaps towards the praise portion of a worship service would be a good time to introduce this to people.
Another important point is to be biblical sound. A very popular worship song uses the catchy phrase “You give and take away” repeated over and over. While this is indeed biblical it does come from a passage in Job that needs context to be understood. I think a simple concept leaves to much to the imagination. We love the song but have replaced this pharase with “You give your life away” making reference to Jesus sacrifice for us.

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