Listening to Music with Discernment:
Wednesday, October 13th, 2010
Discernment Exercise
In the past few years there have been several movies whose soundtracks made more money than the movies themselves. While it’s true that there have been bestselling soundtracks throughout the history of film, it is rare that so many have recently outsold their films. There is something telling in this. The music in a film is used to evoke feelings and responses in the audience. While film can be a powerful medium, good music properly used tends to be more powerful. Appropriate music can also make a movie more memorable. If music is used in movies to drive home a feeling or point or to make a scene become fixed in our brains, how does music function in our lives? (more…)
The Session of Grace Reformed Church hereby establishes this music policy; which we find to be agreeable to the Holy Word of God, in accordance with the constitution of the Orthodox Presbyterian Church, and unto the edification of those souls whom God has been pleased to place under our spiritual charge. Therefore