Originally posted by Karen:
William,
I admire your zeal for correct doctrine.
But you seem to be making an unwarranted assumption.
Which is that this kind of music is the only kind people on this thread listen to.
I have the same Casting Crowns cd and enjoy it very much. The songs speak of truth, but not exhaustively. No song in the Baptist hymnal that I am aware of speaks exhaustively of truth.
The last cd I listened to was of the Psalter. And we are admonished to speak to each other with Psalms, etc. Yet other than Messianic and prophetic Psalms, they do not speak directly of Christ. Should I not listen to Psalm 100 because it does not speak of the blood of Christ?
I think I should listen to Psalm 100. It speaks truth although not exhaustively.
(Don't misunderstand my point, please. I am not trying to equate Scripture with mere human words. I am trying to make the point that not EVERY expression of truth must be an exhaustive expression of truth to be valid.)
Off the top of my head, I am going through the words of "Holy, Holy, Holy". Great hymn, but I don't think it explicitly talks about the blood of Christ or the resurrection. I plan to keep on singing it.
Karen