Music of the Spheres, Heavenly Sphere and Earthly Sphere...

[The Fundamentalist]

Q. What Music does the Salvation Army utilize, that which is Godly and Heavenly, or that which is of the devil and worldly? How is anyone to know the difference?

As a for instance see - [Link]

From Christian Berdahl, Shepherd's Call Ministry; The Distraction Dilemma - Distraction Dilemma – A Music Overview

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ki3-VcoEkfY

Or see Sonic Warfare, by Ivor Myers - Sonic Warfare - Ivor Myers on Vimeo

Q. What do you think, Scripturally? Is the music played building up in Christ, enobling, salvational, spiritual, or is it destructive, tearing down, noisy confusion, and carnal?

 

[The Fundamentalist]

Now, who can tell the difference? Between Flesh and Spirit?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BL_LFJy3M0I

What say you according to the Bible, Flesh or Spirit?

 

[Andy Broadley]

Can't access the links so unfortunately not able to comment on this

 

[The Fundamentalist]

Can't access the links so unfortunately not able to comment on this

Let me try these then, from the same source:

[1] Overture: Our Personal Journey

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2gEkGwxa0Ls&index=1&list=PLNomdEoen2NU3QS5OCJFhSclfNDTv4d6x

[2] Opus: Identifying the Mind's Mark

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fHBzfH0q04g&index=2&list=PLNomdEoen2NU3QS5OCJFhSclfNDTv4d6x

[3] Motive: Music, Mechanics & Body

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tFjN_uMVDOw&index=3&list=PLNomdEoen2NU3QS5OCJFhSclfNDTv4d6x

[4] 1st Movement: Music History, 450 - AD 1969

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-pmQPJraTwU&index=4&list=PLNomdEoen2NU3QS5OCJFhSclfNDTv4d6x

[5] 2nd Movement: Music History, AD 1970 - AD 1990

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rv9OcLS7q0w&index=5&list=PLNomdEoen2NU3QS5OCJFhSclfNDTv4d6x

[6] 3rd Movement: Music History, AD 1991 - AD 2011

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d6fMv6iBNZg&index=6&list=PLNomdEoen2NU3QS5OCJFhSclfNDTv4d6x

[7] Crescendo: Contemporary Christian Music 1

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dhOWsDtDxtI&index=7&list=PLNomdEoen2NU3QS5OCJFhSclfNDTv4d6x

[8] Crescendo: Contemporary Christian Music 2

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1JQssZJCAo8&index=8&list=PLNomdEoen2NU3QS5OCJFhSclfNDTv4d6x

[9] Serenade: Music In Worship

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JVQKYhnMDJo&index=9&list=PLNomdEoen2NU3QS5OCJFhSclfNDTv4d6x

[10] The 4 C's Of Christianity

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Hy0KQT7mv8&index=10&list=PLNomdEoen2NU3QS5OCJFhSclfNDTv4d6x

 

[Andy Broadley]

To be honest you can try as many as you like. This office machine will not let me access YouTube clips....

 

[Andy Broadley]

I do know that William Booth said that the devil wasn't going to have all the best music, and proceeded to 'appropriate' many popular, secular tunes and added new words to them (eg Champagne Charlie)

 

[Andy Broadley]

The Army has always been very flexible in it's approach to getting across the message of Salvation, which obviously includes music.

Catherine Booth (the founders wife and 'Army Mother') spoke of the great principle of adaptation'.

She said that the menu never changes...we serve up the Gospel. But, she said, we'll serve it up on any dish we like if it gets them to eat it.

So we will utilise (in the UK we don't share the American obsession with the letter z) any kind of music that will get the message across.

Brass band, Songsters, modern music...it's all fair game.

I'll admit we are a bit late to the party with the more modern stuff, and other churches are WAY ahead of us, but we are slowly getting there