Oklahoma Howdy to Saved_4ever,
Jason, I had no idea you were that young. Are you shaving yet.
UUMM, hehehe yeah, that's purty funny.
I understand your perspective on a lot of things you said, and I would agree with most of them. However, I would disagree that music can't be used to reach the lost.
No one will be saved by a pretty little song be it, country, jazz, rock, metal, or good ole hymn. I was saved because I read the bible. While trying to prove someone wrong the LORD decided to convict my heart about it.
I come from a family full of preachers and missionaries. My dad was a minister for 60 years. My mother and dad sang gospel music and played various instruments on big radio stations to get their first preaching engagements. He did what they call circuit preaching for nearly 30 of those years, and music was a major drawing card to get the folks there. Every service was about 1/3 music and 2/3 preaching. They continued to do this several days a week for years after moving into a permanent church building. As a result, lots of folks drove 40 to 70 miles on Sunday for church.
I don't really believe in gimmicks but to each their own I guess. I'm sure the music your parents played wasn't foot stopim hoopin and hollerin. I surely must contest I don't see how some headbanging and moshing is in anyway christ like. You see I KNOW this culture well for I was a part of it for a time. I'm trying to tell you it's not a good thing. I wish I could remember the link to the metal band demon hunter. You'd think hell itself was screamin and growling at you. If you even heard some of this stuff you might change your mind. I'm against it because I know it all too well. I personally think that "metal" is a poor excuse for music but I'm quite the "snob" about music.
Just a little trivia you might get a laugh out of. My parents first sound system ran off of multiple car batteries and the speakers were mounted on top of the car. It was given to them by the Sons of the Pioneers, the singing group who played with Roy Rogers. Is that too far back in the stone-age for you to know about?
I know Roy Rogers!! They sell hamburgers and stuff right?
I know of, but do not "know" that music and genre. It's purty old though hehehehe. Funny about their sound system. I had quite the stereo in my car for quite some time. I had a thousand watt AMP with 15" sub woofers and 280Watt 7x10's in the side. I think they would have been just fine using my car for the entire neighborhood.
I also had to have a full fera capacitor so my headlights wouldn't keep dimming and kill the battery.
I was one of the annoying kids that you could hear from at least 3 blocks away and sing along. hehe
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