Imagine you're in a little country
church building, that has an auditorium with four pew sections, two up
front and two in back. Imagine the elders asked the people to sit in the
sections according to their natural singing range - Soprano, Alto,
Tenor, or Bass.
Then, in order to offer to God the best singing the congregation could muster, each section has a male song-leader, one for each of the four parts; a Bass leader for the Basses, and so on.
And then they sing some awesome song like "Our God, He is Alive ("There is a God"). And it sounds really good, because each part has a leader that draws out their best, and it ties in really well with the other parts.
Would that be unscriptural?
What if each of the leaders was given a microphone?
Would that be unscriptural?
What if the Soprano and Alto sections were composed only of women, and their respective leaders were women?
Would that be unscriptural?
What if instead of the four parts sitting in segregated sections, everybody just sat with their families or friends or wherever they wanted to, and instead of having the four song leaders at each section, they were all moved to the front of the seating area where they could be seen by all?
Would that be unscriptural?
What if instead of four leaders, they double the number to eight, for the extra-hard songs that have more than four-part harmony, or to compensate for some other issue?
Would that be unscriptural?
Just some thoughts....
Then, in order to offer to God the best singing the congregation could muster, each section has a male song-leader, one for each of the four parts; a Bass leader for the Basses, and so on.
And then they sing some awesome song like "Our God, He is Alive ("There is a God"). And it sounds really good, because each part has a leader that draws out their best, and it ties in really well with the other parts.
Would that be unscriptural?
What if each of the leaders was given a microphone?
Would that be unscriptural?
What if the Soprano and Alto sections were composed only of women, and their respective leaders were women?
Would that be unscriptural?
What if instead of the four parts sitting in segregated sections, everybody just sat with their families or friends or wherever they wanted to, and instead of having the four song leaders at each section, they were all moved to the front of the seating area where they could be seen by all?
Would that be unscriptural?
What if instead of four leaders, they double the number to eight, for the extra-hard songs that have more than four-part harmony, or to compensate for some other issue?
Would that be unscriptural?
Just some thoughts....
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