Hessian
Well-Known Member
I might stir the pot a bit....
I moved from a general baptist church to a conservative fundamental Presbyterian back in my HS years...since then, I connected with Grace Brethren for over a decade,...only to see it shift more into a "contemporary" worship.I left when I saw them more concerned with marble, carpet, and comforts than the workers in the field (and their apathy towards Christian education). been attanding a wonderful evangelical traditional church for almost 4 yrs ...very pleased BUT;
THUS...my point...Is this the last generation to still experience and enjoy traditional worship? In 10 years we've seen camp fire choruses take over hymnals, Electric guitars replace organs, tee-shirts replace ties,and high tech slick power point projections replace decent three point sermons. AND THIS IS GOING ON IN MAIN-LINE EVANGELICAL DENOMINATIONS!
Emotionalism has swept aside liturgy.
At what point will our children learn things like reverence, awe, Fear of the Lord, dignity, humbleness? It certainly has been replaced by hug me, squeeze me, love me, nuzzle me make me feel comfortable! oh, and pass the plate, we need water jets and a $2000 painting of Jordan for the baptismal.
Blech!
"A Mighty Fortress is Our God a Bulwark never Failing,..."
....yuk, its so masculine,,,,like, like, what's a bulwark anyway?...there's no beat!
And thus the faith that sustained for 450 years is swept away.
DJS
I moved from a general baptist church to a conservative fundamental Presbyterian back in my HS years...since then, I connected with Grace Brethren for over a decade,...only to see it shift more into a "contemporary" worship.I left when I saw them more concerned with marble, carpet, and comforts than the workers in the field (and their apathy towards Christian education). been attanding a wonderful evangelical traditional church for almost 4 yrs ...very pleased BUT;
THUS...my point...Is this the last generation to still experience and enjoy traditional worship? In 10 years we've seen camp fire choruses take over hymnals, Electric guitars replace organs, tee-shirts replace ties,and high tech slick power point projections replace decent three point sermons. AND THIS IS GOING ON IN MAIN-LINE EVANGELICAL DENOMINATIONS!
Emotionalism has swept aside liturgy.
At what point will our children learn things like reverence, awe, Fear of the Lord, dignity, humbleness? It certainly has been replaced by hug me, squeeze me, love me, nuzzle me make me feel comfortable! oh, and pass the plate, we need water jets and a $2000 painting of Jordan for the baptismal.
Blech!
"A Mighty Fortress is Our God a Bulwark never Failing,..."
....yuk, its so masculine,,,,like, like, what's a bulwark anyway?...there's no beat!
And thus the faith that sustained for 450 years is swept away.
DJS