CALVIN AND HOPS

JUNE 7th

Location: Kelly's Tavern; Newport News

(click here for directions)

TOPIC: What are the relative benefits and/or dangers of contemporary Christian Music

Some questions to ponder in preparation:

Is CCM "Christian?"
Should it matter who owns the companies that produce and distribute CCM?
How should we choose the music to which we listen?
How should we guide the choices of our children with respect to music?
Does music communicate a message? If so,

Is it possible for that message to be neutral...or harmless w/o being explicitely beneficial?
What is the relationsip between lyric and music?
Does purely instrumental music communicate message? If so, how?

What is the relationship between/among music and our minds and bodies?
Does borrowing from a musical style imply borrowing the attendant worldview of the style's originator or strongest proponents?
Can certain music edify some Christians while having the opposite effect on other Christians? If so, how and why?

Just a few research links this time...I dare you to check them out!

Steve Camp on the Wittenburg Door.

CCM Online

Christian Music Place

CCM Radio Mag

BJU Residence Life - Look under "What Not to Bring"

The New CCM

The Power of Music

Sovereign Grace Ministries

PHILOSOPHY BEHIND CALVIN AND HOPS

Gentlemen,

One of my all-time favorite quotations comes from John Wayne. “Life is tough…it’s tougher if you’re stupid.” Though not necessarily related to stupidity, there exists a common failure on the part of Christian men to humbly sharpen their reasoning skills and learn from one another. We, like much of the heathen world around us, fall into the trap of failing to ever challenge one another’s thinking either because of personal cowardice or for unreasonable fear of causing offense. While I do not advocate offense for its own sake, I do advocate the sharpening of one another in the bond of true Christian love, toward the end of excellence in spiritual warfare with the forces of darkness around us. Let us help each other “take every thought captive to Christ!”

Calvin and Hops is a monthly (generally) meeting of men from a variety of Christian churches in the Spokane area in an informal setting to discuss a topic of general interest. Our primary objective is to grow in knowledge and wisdom and the ability to reason, for the sake of the gospel. Christ is Lord of all, and we need to be able to communicate that to others. This is true whether we are discussing Biblical canon or homosexual marriage. But, I ask you, which is the more likely subject in your workplace? Which is the more likely handle with the unbelievers around you that you can use to lead them to knowledge of the Holy One?

I will establish the topic of the evening as indicated on this blog. However, the topic of the evening may be trumped by another “hot” topic if it seems appropriate. Please use information posted on this blog to prepare for meaningful discussion. Also, I’m always soliciting for topics of interest. Just email them to me at: jack.jkfam@gmail.com

Please mark you calendars and feel free to pass this on to other men you think will be interested. If they want to be on the mailing list they’ll need to send me an email address and a name.

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Jn 3:30

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