tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7439004.post8065892259822824995..comments2023-08-06T11:27:08.548-04:00Comments on Mindless Meandering: Reading for June/July 2007Keithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08035592248355582901noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7439004.post-52709279029960166482007-09-19T19:59:00.000-04:002007-09-19T19:59:00.000-04:00Mr Hart,Wow, I am surprised you found my blog. I a...Mr Hart,<BR/><BR/>Wow, I am surprised you found my blog. I am honored to have such an illustrious visitor!<BR/><BR/>I will freely admit some comments you made at a conference in Rochester, where you said worship should be like a funeral have influenced my perception of your biases concerning worship. Also, while I have not personally read the book, I have heard a lot of discussion surrounding your book "With Reverence and Awe," and those discussions have likewise informed my perception of your biases. I tend to take differing conclusions that those you have reached.<BR/><BR/>Specifically, some areas where I perceived a particular bias in the article were the following areas:<BR/><BR/>The idea that uniformity is required within the church as a whole-I think this line of reason places more emphasis on the circumstances of worship (such as what songs are chosen and the form of those songs) should be left to the discretion of each individual session as they determine what will be most effective in reaching out meaningfully to their congregations and their community. While the content of all the songs chosen must be consistent with the Scripture and the confessional statements of the church, this does not necessitate a top down determination of what songs, within those limits, are or are not acceptable. I believe underlying this is a particular conception of the RPW, which is not universally agreed on in the OPC. At the very least, liberty in liturgical form and circumstances has not been determined to be a necessary inference of the Confessional doctrine. Further, I fail to see any Biblical principle or passage which demands either explicitly or by good and necessary influence that the RPW entails this.<BR/><BR/>Second, your description of revivalism and its impact on Presbyterianism too me clearly reveals your biases. I find the negative connotations in response to the demands of the original directory that worship have "life and power" to be particularly disturbing. I am fully aware of how this can and has been abused, but I do not see it the result of compromise and pragmatism, but commitment to the Biblical principles of worship.<BR/><BR/>These two point were the biggest biases I detected in the article, but I am open to be corrected if my impression was incorrect.Keithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08035592248355582901noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7439004.post-51175186209916654392007-09-19T19:55:00.000-04:002007-09-19T19:55:00.000-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.Keithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08035592248355582901noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7439004.post-61271033153512286752007-09-02T17:26:00.000-04:002007-09-02T17:26:00.000-04:00Out of curiosity, what exactly do you perceive the...Out of curiosity, what exactly do you perceive the biases of Hart and Muether to be?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com