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評價一隊敬拜讚美團隊
評價一隊敬拜團隊
我們絶對可以並必須有原則的評價敬拜團隊。筆者認為不願被評價，也不願接受評價的團隊是不應被選用的。
筆者最近在一間華人教會參與講道亊奉。以下是對這間教會的敬拜團隊的有原則的評語。這教會的敬拜團隊也可代表很多華人教會的情況。盼望在此對教牧人員一㸃參考，一㸃供獻。
敬拜團隊的目的是領會眾敬拜神，（領敬拜是牧師的責任，曾冧芳牧師常親自領詩，親自領敬拜）須然並不是表演，也要有一定水準才可，若是音樂會就必需要有水準。（筆者認為領唱的一人便可，加多一人就是加多一個麻煩，增加一個distraction現今流行的敬拜團隊是一個年晚煎堆，人有我有的行為，絶多都是沒有作用的。）領敬拜時必需不多說話，要有用適當選歌的歌詞和裝飾的音樂來領導人與神溝通，若會眾不參與，或因條件不足而不能參與，那麼為何要領敬拜呢？沒有水準，又沒有效果，就會廢時失事。還有，讚美敬拜的方法不只是唱流行商品歌曲讚美而已，（世界上不是每一個人都喜歡唱歌，每個文化民族的音樂也不相同）而是領會眾到上帝的聖潔，公義，威權，榮耀面前，而不是向上帝唱情歌。 Continue reading
A Closer Look at Christian Music, Joshua Law, 1991
A Closer Look at Christian Music. by Joshua Law June 1991
Music is a language.
Some people, unwittingly, believe that music is a universal language mainly because music generally has a pleasant appeal. To me, music is an enhanced encoded language. Music needs to be learnt in order to be understood. And to be understood, music needs to be decoded. (Music can be very uncertain: I Cor. 14:8) However, since pure music is abstract, the message it gives is ambiguous, The listener is free to interpret it the way he feels at the moment. Therefore, music often arouses a variety of emotional responses. However, not all music appeal to all people. The same piece of music can arouse contrasting emotional responses. Continue reading