The Lord values beauty and he values poetry and he values every single part of what it means for us to be human and I think music

Triggers so many of those parts and when we push it away or we don't harness the gift that it is

We're missing something something very important

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One of the things I find fascinating is people who are gifted by God to write lyrics. Yes, don't you want to be them?

Oh, I mean I've written so many songs and nobody's ever heard any of them. You've heard a few of them. They're terrible

That's why nobody's ever heard of them but to write a lyric that millions sing especially in a worship service

Yes, that is a powerful giftine from God

Absolutely

And I just write a song and somebody's going to sing in a shower but someone's going to sing to worship and a scribe worth

Back to God

And we get the chance again today to be with Keith and Christian Getty who that's who they are. They are prolific songwriters and they brought hymns back to sort of the 21st century so they're back with us today

And they're great people and they're fun to be with. And here's where I'm starting like what about the people that we've talked to that they say

They skip the whole beginning of church because we don't sing. We don't like that part of the service. What would your response be to that? I know you'd be kind but

Well, I think there's several problems there. Number one, there is a theological issue because all of us are called sing. We're all commanded to sing.

It is the second most common commanding script. It's also disobedience thing. Secondly, it's a misunderstanding theologically of what we are as God's people. The reason I sing in Sunday morning

is number one because God is worthy of praise. Number two, because he has commanded me to sing. Number three, it's because I love to sing. And it is joy. But number four is because my kids are beside me watching me.

And I want them to know that I'm more excited about Sunday morning's church than Sunday evening Super Bowl.

I want the person in front of me to know that even though she is ill and has got she has to sit in a couch because of her the pins in her body.

I want her to know that the believers behind her are singing at the top of her voice and singing for her.

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