Did you enjoy the video? Someone sent it to me in celebration of the birth of my Savior. And do you know what I thought? I thought, “That man’s worshiping with an instrument!”
And then a whole bunch of other people joined in. And so I thought, “The whole congregation is worshiping with an instrument!”
And then I thought …
Well, I thought I wished I could be there, too.
I’m sorry. I’ve read the books, the articles, and the tracts. And David Phelps’ singing, and the participation by everyone else, was worship — and worship of a particularly glorious, wonderful sort. And it just can’t be wrong.
I don’t know what music was like in the early centuries of Christianity. But even Justin Martyr and those guys wouldn’t consider that “animalistic” or “pagan.” It was uniquely and marvelously Christian.
A new series on instrumental music starts January 14. Happy New Year.
