Christ Community Church

Part 2  “Music Old and New”

Periodically, I’ll use this space to offer biblical and practical rationale for why we do corporate worship the way we do at CCC.  The first entry under this heading was about why we don’t extend walk-down-the-aisle-type invitations at the end of the service.  Here’s one on why we try to sing and play a blend of music old and new.  Why, on a normal Sunday, will you hear traditional hymns, contemporary praise songs, and (sometimes, anyway) classical pieces?

It’s not because we’re trying to appease various constituencies within the congregation.  It’s not because we’re trying to keep everybody happy.  It’s not because we’ve done some kind of market research and discovered that there’s a niche we can fill – a church that doesn’t do exclusively one type of music.

It’s because we think it’s biblical!  King David wrote, “Sing to the Lord a new song” (Psalm 96:1).  He knew that God deserves fresh expressions of praise, and he himself contributed many psalms for Israel to use in worship.  Centuries later, the Apostle Paul told Christians in Ephesus to sing psalms (Ephesians 5:19).  Sing new music.  Sing music written a thousand years ago.  Both please God.  He’s not tired of hearing the best of yesteryear, nor does he think the shelf life of a good worship song is about three months.  But neither is he limited to enjoying only what was “good enough for King James so it’s good enough for us.”

Ken Langley, Senior Pastor

Please send any questions or comments to klangley@ccczion.org.