Yesterday Andrew Jones blogged about worship songs that annoy him. More specifically, he shared examples of worship songs that are “lame or badly written or have sentences that just hit me wrong,” including
- “Your Love Never Fails” includes “You cause all things to work together for MY good.” (Jones reminds his readers that the passage the song is referencing isn’t about “me” at all, since my isn’t found in Romans 8:28.)
- “Mighty to Save” includes “Saviour, he can move the mountains.” (Jones finds this odd in that the Gospel mentions of mountain moving focus on the ability of people to move mountains.)
So What?
I appreciate Jones’ straightforward approach to some of the issues he sees with music that he has encountered in worship. Most Sundays I find myself either remaining silent or singing words that differ from those printed during parts of at least some of the congregational hymns.
- Share one song that has been used in worship in your local congregation recently that includes a phrase or sentence you find troubling.
- Do you always sing the song “as written” or do you find there are times that you choose to simply remain silent or sing alternative words for portions of songs you find awkward or theologically off?