29 September 2015 A.D. Critique of Contemporary Worship: “If these drums go, I go…”
29 September 2015 A.D. Critique of Contemporary Worship: “If these drums go, I go…” Bennett, David. “If These Drums Go, I Go: A Critique of `Contemporary’ Worship.” Ancient and Future Catholics. 17 Nov 2009. http://www.ancient-future.net/ifthesedrumsgo.html . Accessed 29 Sept 2015. "If these drums go, I go..." When I was a junior in college, I attended a church that was solidly "contemporary." Everything, the modern praise songs, long sermons about personal change, white walls, and, yes, the drums, signaled that this church was on the cutting edge of worship. In fact, the main reason I attended it was that super-trendy local para-church leaders highly recommended it. As a young college student I, like a magnet drawn to metal, had to like this church, or so everyone told me. It was at a parish meeting that the pastor spoke these words, "if these drums go, I go," suggesting that he would never stay in a church without...