Theology in worship 2

This last week I had the great opportunity to lead a team of students and leaders to La Pine, Or for the purpose of blessing Agape Harvest with sheet rock for their new building. It was an exceptional week of work and play. While we were there we did daily devotions from our life journals. One of these devotions really spoke to me.

Hebrews 6:1-3 says “1So let us stop going over the basic teachings about Christ again and again. Let us go on instead and become mature in our understanding. Surely we don’t need to start again with the fundamental importance of repenting from evil deeds and placing our faith in God. 2You don’t need further instruction about baptisms, the laying on of hands, the resurrection of the dead, and eternal judgment.”

It’s amazing to me that these are the concepts the author considers to be “elementary” or “basic”. The question I have for us as worship leaders is “are these concepts the basics of our songs or the depth of our songs?”

The theology of our songs must include but move beyond the elementary doctrines of the Bible. My fear is that we are complacent and think that the “basic” things of the Bible are actually the deeper things. But things like faith, repentance, baptisms, laying on of hands, the resurrection of the dead and eternal judgment must be clearly understood and used as foundation for deeper concepts.

What do you believe are “deeper” concepts that need to be explored in the art of music?

I would love to see more songs about justice, grace and the Kingdom of God. I find all of these concepts fascinating and extremely deep when explored. Thoughts?