Comments on: The Church has been under-fathered and over-mothered. http://timmybrister.com/2009/09/02/the-church-has-been-under-fathered-and-over-mothered/ Trusting God :: Treasuring Christ :: Triumphing the Gospel Sat, 26 May 2012 23:26:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Pregador27 http://timmybrister.com/2009/09/02/the-church-has-been-under-fathered-and-over-mothered/#comment-41543 Sun, 20 Sep 2009 04:24:09 +0000 http://timmybrister.com/?p=3742#comment-41543 Hmm… Never realzed that Matt Redman is not an American. I never knew that. Didn’t pick it up in his singing either. Good point here though. I do not think I ever liked the “Jesus is my girlfriend” approach in worship or in any type of Christian music.

]]> By: worship for blokey blokes « Interstitial http://timmybrister.com/2009/09/02/the-church-has-been-under-fathered-and-over-mothered/#comment-41425 Sat, 05 Sep 2009 16:49:26 +0000 http://timmybrister.com/?p=3742#comment-41425 [...] HT to Timmy Brister [...]

]]> By: Bill Nettles http://timmybrister.com/2009/09/02/the-church-has-been-under-fathered-and-over-mothered/#comment-41412 Thu, 03 Sep 2009 17:35:01 +0000 http://timmybrister.com/?p=3742#comment-41412 Timmy,
This is thought provoking in a good way. I really like Thomas Clay’s statement in his comment at the end of para. 1. That’s an important question. I also think that it’s a question many preachers should ask themselves while preparing their sermons.

]]> By: Thomas Clay http://timmybrister.com/2009/09/02/the-church-has-been-under-fathered-and-over-mothered/#comment-41411 Thu, 03 Sep 2009 13:53:26 +0000 http://timmybrister.com/?p=3742#comment-41411 I posted this comment at Bob Kauflin’s site:

We are all dealing with, to a certain extent, Christian songs that are being written with a broader market base in mind. In other words, more and more “industry” people are looking for songs that non-believers can also sing/listen to with their boyfriend/girlfriend/spouse in mind so that it will sell more. Thus, the language in songs has become more and more vague. I don’t mean to throw everyone “under the bus” on this. All I’m saying is that we must have great biblical knowledge and great discernment in our repertoire selections. I constantly ask myself in looking at songs this question: Does this song I’m considering, so unmistakeably declare biblical truths about Christ that it would be difficult to sing it to/about anyone else?

To be honest, we don’t lead songs at our church that uses the phrase “in love”. We do a couple that refers to Christ as “beautiful” but it is certainly not the bulk of our statements that we make.

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