Comments about ‘Evangelical churches are discovering an inspirational beat with rock music’

I've been privileged to play drums on a contemporary church worship team for the last four years, as well as a faculty worship team at college. While I do love the new songs, what I love even more is when we take an old classic hymn and "update" it: same tune, new rhythm and cords, sometimes new choruses. "Jesus Paid it All", "The Wonderful Cross", and several new versions on the classic "Amazing Grace" top the list of my "new old" favorites. God invented music, all of it. The main difference between sacred music and "secular", so-called, is the words, and the love of Christ behind the music.

Rock, in particular a drum set, foot monitors and prerecorded background music, ran me and many other members away from an otherwise fine Baptist church here in Savannah, GA. My former church is, sadly, but one of a growing number.

Too many churches have strayed from the Bible, due to PC politics and, in general, dumbed-down church services. Rock just lowers the music. If wiggling ones behind is the reason to go to church, bring in the rock bands. If churches need to turn into nightclubs at 8:00 and 10:00 each Sunday morning to bring people in, they should give up pretending they are houses of worship.

Wasn't "Jesus Christ Superstar" sickening enough? How free screening of "The Last Temptation of Christ"? That'll bring them in.

No Thanks.

Decorum, this is Mormon speak for sit down, shut up, follow our dress code and do as we say. Propriety is like quicksand. Living things evolve and change. The joke comes to mind:"what's the difference between Utah and Colorado? One has a living culture. I can see why this would seem strange or disquieting to Mormons. What next: men wearing pastel colored suits to sacrament meeting?