Hymnals Needed

This is heartbreaking.

 

Why is this heartbreaking?

 

I guess passing on hymnals to those who could use them is heartbreaking. Go figure.

 

It's heartbreaking that hymnals have fallen out of use in so many places. There is a permanence that goes along with hymnals, which cannot be replicated by using a screen, no matter how old the songs are. Also, it removes a very tangible connection to the tradition of our faith.

My point is not to be harsh toward anyone, and I would certainly want hymnals to be used, but it does grieve me very deeply that hymnal use has declined so much.

 

Proverbs 15:22 says, "Tradition is bound up in the heart of a child; The rod of correction will drive it far from him."


Oh wait, that's foolishness, not tradition. My bad!

 

My guess is that most of the songs, while some being contemporary favorites, are mostly older than the 70s.

 

I quit using hymnals long before powerpoint. I knew the songs and couldn't read the music.

 

Tradition - the living faith of dead men that has been passed down through generations.

Traditionalism - the dead faith of living men that says, "We've never done it that way before"

Let's not confuse these 2. Whether a solid, Bible-believing church uses hymnals or not is completely irrelevant. As far as whether we should be concerned about Ann's church using hymnals, I'm certainly not. Over the years, I've seen the testimony of Ann through her posts and I have 0 concerns about the kind of church she and her husband serve at.

 

Preach it!

(Including the part about Ann!)