Christ Corridor Philippines - Surigao

15/01/2023

Praise and Worship Jan. 15, 2023

14/12/2022

Praise and Worship Dec. 11, 2022

08/12/2022

Praise and Worship Dec. 4, 2022

27/11/2022

Praise and Worship Nov. 27, 2022

27/11/2022

Badjao Family, to God be all the Glory 😇

24/11/2022

Praise and Worship Nov. 20, 2022

06/11/2022

https://youtu.be/2wjV2f6qAa0

02/02/2022

Just saw this from Justin Peters Ministries (see the picture): "Though he did not intend to do it, Bill Johnson just revealed the key to the charismatic movement’s success. Repetitive, emotionally charged music disengages the mind and makes one malleable. It makes one believe subjective experiences over and against objective truth."

Bill Johnson leads Bethel, a very influential group in California. Justin is right. (Johnson is right, too--his unfaithful group draws many people through their songs.) This is part of why we must be VERY CAREFUL about what songs we sing in corporate worship. If we would not commend the books of a given group, we should not sing the songs of that group.

This extends beyond Bethel--for example, we should be very careful about groups like Hillsong. I recognize that there are solid churches led by godly men who sing Hillsong in their services; I do not want to make this the litmus test of faithfulness. Those who care about doctrinal health, though, would do well to consider what Al Mohler said about Hillsong five years ago: “What has made Hillsong distinctive is a minimization of the actual content of the Gospel, and a far more diffuse presentation of spirituality.”

Friends, some may say you are unloving if you think carefully about these matters. But you are not being unloving. You are actually loving the sheep by guiding them away from unbiblical teaching. This is not what some are called to do as pastors; this is fundamentally the work of a pastor. Again, if your church occasionally sings a Hillsong number, I'm not arguing that you have necessarily left the reservation. That is not the point here. I would say, however, that it might be worth thinking a little more about this matter. God forbid that people would start to believe things through song that they would NEVER believe through teaching and preaching.

In a way that is frankly hard to quantify, music can lead us toward unhelpful influences. Said differently, we might sing the songs of a group whose books we would never recommend. We need to be very careful here. Many sheep have not been trained to think wisely and carefully. With graciousness and genuine affection (not unbridled anger that constantly spills out), guide the sheep toward health, toward faithfulness, toward sound doctrine and those who stand for it.

Owen Strachan

31/01/2022

True 👇

30/01/2022

Do family worship. This is a threat.

Teaching your kids to worship and know God is the best legacy you could ever give.

27/01/2022