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 Wed, 01 Sep 2010 12:28:58 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://www.rockworship.com/song-selection/accessibility-of-worship-music-lyrics/comment-page-1/#comment-20406 music blog Mon, 09 Aug 2010 02:04:28 +0000 http://www.rockworship.com/song-selection/accessibility-of-worship-music-lyrics/#comment-20406 <p>Good post. I just stumbled upon your blog and wanted to say that I have really enjoyed reading your blog posts. Any way I'll be subscribing to your feed and I hope you post again soon.</p> Good post. I just stumbled upon your blog and wanted to say that I have really enjoyed reading your blog posts. Any way I’ll be subscribing to your feed and I hope you post again soon.

]]> http://www.rockworship.com/song-selection/accessibility-of-worship-music-lyrics/comment-page-1/#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 <p>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.</p> 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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