Outside the church, this Guy Sebastian type music doesn't cut the mustard.
Speaking as an Australian - most of us find Hillsong vaguely threatening. It's a Sydney thing really. I sound negative but in reality, good on the church for enjoying their own music.
How Hillsong Church conquered the music industry
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It's all about culture. If you were influenced by a high-church growing up, you're more likely appreciate hymns. People that converted without a high-church context gravitate toward a more modern style of worship. The downside of so much hillsong influence is that it dominates a culture and drowns out other modern styles. I feel like all hillsong songs sound the same.
Tend to agree. Most Christian music sounds very samey to me and simply doesn't stir my soul . I realise this is a very personal perspective, but I find a lot of "secular" music better for worship: Hendrix, Led Zep, Guns 'N' Roses, Soundgarden, Hybrid, She, Pendulum, and of course plenty of orchestral and ensemble music from earlier eras. This stuff stirs my soul. I'm honestly not trying to be edgy here, and I'm well…
There may be a distinction between music that is intended to stir you as you listen to it and music that is intended to stir you as you sing it.
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You've got it switched. Progress in the context of Christianity logically follows from the notion that some things are better/truer/holier than other things. If you can accept that anything has gotten better/truer/holier over time, then you believe in progress. Specifically, if you believe it's good that the Church is no longer teaching poor people that they have to pay for their family to go to heaven, then you beli…
By using something like indulgences as an example, you're making a false equivalency. It's certainly possible to call it progress if you are RECOVERING from a fall. You start high, dip down, progress back up to where you were. Indulgences did not exist in the early church and didn't even exist outside of the European church when they were a thing. In that context, the recovery of what was true was not progress, it wa…
I don’t know what you mean by “from the beginning”, but in any case there is no existential faith crisis in rejecting even very early traditions or beliefs which were not part of scripture, as evidenced by the prolific success of Bible-focused denominations. The idea that hymns are the one true way to worship is utter nonsense.
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#164Hillsong NYC volunteer software engineer here. We’re passionate about using our skills to serve the local community in addition to our church. Shoot me an email if you’re in the area and would like to chat about helping local nonprofits with code. e at emersonhall dot com
What kind of technology stack(s) do you guys use?
Would love to know this as well =).