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Originally posted by Fugee
The style of worship and format of the service is just packaging, not the message, and the message of Christianity is pretty exciting.
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No it's not. And that's OK. Not everything
has to be exciting.
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Sun. evening is what I call "rock and roll church." Definitely not your parents' church. They use drama, interpretive dance, rock music, etc. and I'm pretty sure no one daydreams. It is packed with teens, 20-somethings and anyone who can't relate to even a contemporary service.
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Actually "rock and roll church"
was my parents' church. I grew up in California and had to contend with rock music at church services, including frequent use of mandolins and songs from "Godspell" and "Jesus Christ Superstar." It sucks. All of it sucks. Allow me to explain.
Western Culture began with the Christian church. This isn't a Catholic versus Protestant thing. Both sides of the schism contributed. Classical music began with Gregorian chant and reached an apex with Bach et. al. The greatest composers in human history wrote pieces for the liturgy. That we would now substitute Andrew Lloyd Webster for them is a travesty more blasphemous than filming The World's Biggest Italian Gangbang in the Vatican.
Let's not forget the second great Western musical tradition. You like hip hop, rock 'n roll, soul, R&B, or jazz? Well they're all indebted to gospel. From Sam Cooke to James Brown to Aretha Franklin, they learned to sing in church. Not "rock and roll church." Church.
If you're bored with your mainline whitebread church, get yourself to a black church. Could be a black Baptist church, could be a black Catholic church. You won't be bored at a black church service.
You could even get paid for it. Either tradition has power and grandeur. Those are fine substitutes for interpretive dance and "excitement."
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