10d. Prayer: Adoration Expressed Through Biblical Worship and Song

Worship and Praise music in the era of Evangelical Mysticism has become music centered rather than Word centered. Forgetting that the Words in our praise music are actually prayers to God many are caught up in the tune itself relegating the words to a secondary position. Many modern praise songs could just as easily be sung to a boyfriend as to God the Father. This is not how worship is depicted in the Psalms nor is it the history of the early church. The words were always paramount and the authors were the great heroes and theologians of the faith not simply musically gifted co-eds using the Christian music scene as a stepping stone to greater fame and fortune in the world of secular music. What is the biblical basis or worship by song? What are the instructions and guidelines given by God? In this lecture Rev. Mahon seeks to call the church back to biblical worship as opposed to ecstatic and mystical emotionalism.