‘A dangerous drift into progressive praise’
By Bob Unruh
From the early church hymns, sung a cappella or perhaps accompanied by cymbals and flutes, past Gregorian chant, through the thundering pipe organ chords of J.S. Bach, to the 1960s guitars and electric pianos and then the current orchestrations backing up Christian church worship leaders, there have been a lot of changes musically.
Not so much in the lyrics, as the message from “How Great Thou Art,” through “Were you there when they crucified my Lord?” to “Bless the Lord, O my soul, O my soul, Worship His holy name” all have revolved around worship.
Until now:
Now, one church has unleashed a new “inspirational” chorus with the words: “God bless the Christian, God bless the atheist, God bless the Muslim, God bless the rest of us. We’ve got no idea What we’re doing.”