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What's Wrong With The Music?
Contributed by James Chandler on Jul 2, 2019 (message contributor)
People complain about the new music. Remember, hymns used to be the new music!
What is wrong with the inspiring hymns we grew up with? When I go to church, it is to worship God, not to be distracted with learning a new song. Last Sunday’s was particularly unnerving. The song was un-singable and the harmonies were quite distorting. (Letter in 1890 about the hymn “What A Friend We Have In Jesus.”
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