Thank you for the highlights form the book. I found them very helpful to the discussion. I have been a classical musician professionally for roughly 20 years and have participated in both contemporary and traditional music forms. To be quite honest, I would just like to see us worship God with good theology and good music. When it was written is of very little importance. Style, though I may have my preferences, is also secondary. From what was available in the book, I’ve concluded that this is much of what he says. We dare not throw away the hymnody of the past (nor the ability to read for ourselves that music) nor ignore that of today. As Jesus said in Luke 20, “For he is not a God of the dead, but of the living: for all live unto him.”
Thank you for the highlights form the book. I found them very helpful to the discussion. I have been a classical musician professionally for roughly 20 years and have participated in both contemporary and traditional music forms. To be quite honest, I would just like to see us worship God with good theology and good music. When it was written is of very little importance. Style, though I may have my preferences, is also secondary. From what was available in the book, I’ve concluded that this is much of what he says. We dare not throw away the hymnody of the past (nor the ability to read for ourselves that music) nor ignore that of today. As Jesus said in Luke 20, “For he is not a God of the dead, but of the living: for all live unto him.”
The best review I’ve read on Gordon’s book is over here:
http://www.zachicks.com/blog/2010/11/29/review-of-why-johnny-cant-sing-hymns-by-t-david-gordon-77.html
Enjoy!