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577: How Church Became Theater & the Evangelical Imagination with Karen Swallow Prior

The Holy Post

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The Importance of Music in Worship

A lot of people are getting their primary theology from the music that they sing in church. So I wonder, does the source of that lyric matter more when it's carrying that much theological heft? In a way, which even the Psalms, I don't think carry that kind of heft. We have this incredible liturgy, deep theology sitting there, but it's maybe not as singable or maybe not as approachable. But it's also very formative. And so when we reduce like the teaching element and the worship element to this sort of teaching and concert event, I think we miss opportunities to do exactly what you're talking about.

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