Introducing a New Series ... "The Mystery Of Music" (Just So You Know, This Doesn't Really Count As Part 1 -- This Is Just An Announcement)

I have been thinking a lot about music and its use in our lives lately. After an odd experience at college with a woman who is a music minor, I've been wondering what the purpose of music should be.

The common perception of music today seems to be that it's only purpose is to make you feel good. If it can do that, then it is 'good' music. Otherwise, it is considered to be too conventional or formulaic. If you doesn't give you a high, then it's not a good drug, right?

Many Christians today claim to believe that anything in our life should bring glory to God. This seems to simply be a catch-all phrase, though. There are exceptions to the rule. To many confessing Christians music and movies are 'different,' and should not be a part of an integrated Christian lifestyle (we're not going to focus on movies here ... that's a different discussion :) ). This type of segregated attitude is detrimental, and should be checked before it gets too far.

Music can be a useful tool to honor our great God with. It can help minister to others through its ethereal beauty and innate structure. Learning or listening to music can help to stimulate our minds. But what we do with the music we listen to, and what our purpose in listening to (or participating in) music is, make up an integral part of the science of music.

So, tommorrow I will begin an n-part series on music, its effects on our lives, and the importance of maintaining a healthy intent in our love (or hate) of music.

Haters beware -- what is about to follow in subsequent posts is a (not so) in depth study of an amazing tool which the human mind has yet to fully comprehend ...

The Mystery Of Music!