I've heard it said that there is a continuum in musical corporate worship with emotionalism on one side and intellectualism on the other side and that what you need to do is to find the middle ground. I thank God for guys like Wes Crawford who showed me long ago that this idea of a continuum is false. Sure you can err on the side emotionalism and get really excited about something less than the Gospel, or you can get snooty and heady and say a lot of great things with absolutely no response from your heart... but both of these things are mistakes. The middle ground would actually result in being less excited about an average amount of truth, and God is worthy of more than half of our minds and half of our hearts.
What if the great deep truths about the character and works of our sovereign, sacrificially loving, all-satisfying God were worded, sung, and played in such a way that both our hearts and our minds were fully engaged? What if the fullness of emotions that our hearts are capable of giving was corresponding to the greatness of the truth packed into the words on our lips?
5/2/08
emotionalism vs. intellectualism
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It's good to see you posting. Very interesting. I suppose I haven't given much thought to this. I have to say I have been entirely spoiled. Our worship leader bombards us with music that has exceptional truth and gripping emotion. I guess it is just one of many ways that God has chosen to bless my life.
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