Adam Swift - read the whole article HERE
"There are worship songs that are good, and then there are worship songs that are excellent. I once had an interesting conversation with an agnostic about a Christian worship song they enjoyed because it reminded them “God loves them so much.” Interestingly enough, the worship song did not specifically mention Jesus’ name or his Gospel work on the cross. After that conversation, I asked myself, “Could some of the songs we sing in our church allow non-Christians among us to praise God apart from the Gospel?”
Our churches should worship with songs non-Christians could not sing comfortably due to the lyrics’ clear articulation of the Gospel. Our songs should confront us with the holiness and sovereignty of God, our terrible sinfulness, our great need for the cross of Christ, and the blessings of belonging to him through grace by faith.
These are not things the non-Christian can sing about without a degree of discomfort in their souls because the cross is an offense to the hardened unregenerate heart. Are non-Christians confronted with their need to repent and place their faith in Christ through your church’s worship songs? Could any lyrics your church sings lead people to a nebulous view of God’s love apart from faith in Christ?"
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