Ascetic X
Active Member
The contemporary churches in America have used secular tools and ideologies in a miserable attempt to attract people.
Hypnotic practices abound. Among them are the 7-11 repetitious praise choruses.
I attended a mid week service where a single praise chorus went on for over a half an hour. Not sure how much longer, because I got up and left. I have seen video presentations that heavily utilized hypnotic visual techniques. One such video I recall was dealing with the Prayer of Jabez fad.
Psalm 136 does use a repeated end phrase “for His mercy endures forever”, but no, or very few, other Psalms do this.
Worship often is interpreted as anointed rock concerts. But worship is not just music. Worship should include silent contemplation, praise reports, prayer requests, and recitations of creeds.
Churches are dying rapidly. It is time to seek the reasons for this and get more Bible focused. Secular marketing and hypnotic methods are clearly not the answer.
Hypnotic practices abound. Among them are the 7-11 repetitious praise choruses.
I attended a mid week service where a single praise chorus went on for over a half an hour. Not sure how much longer, because I got up and left. I have seen video presentations that heavily utilized hypnotic visual techniques. One such video I recall was dealing with the Prayer of Jabez fad.
Psalm 136 does use a repeated end phrase “for His mercy endures forever”, but no, or very few, other Psalms do this.
Worship often is interpreted as anointed rock concerts. But worship is not just music. Worship should include silent contemplation, praise reports, prayer requests, and recitations of creeds.
Churches are dying rapidly. It is time to seek the reasons for this and get more Bible focused. Secular marketing and hypnotic methods are clearly not the answer.
Last edited: