Comments on: Come, Thou Fount of Every Blessing http://www.mattandnancy.org/music/come-thou-fount-of-every-blessing/ Fri, 29 Aug 2008 23:25:20 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: songs http://www.mattandnancy.org/music/come-thou-fount-of-every-blessing/#comment-8128 songs Sat, 26 Apr 2008 14:52:45 +0000 http://www.mattandnancy.org/music/come-thou-fount-of-every-blessing/#comment-8128 <strong>songs...</strong> Have a nice trip!... songs…

Have a nice trip!…

]]> By: nate http://www.mattandnancy.org/music/come-thou-fount-of-every-blessing/#comment-2142 nate Wed, 17 May 2006 01:19:48 +0000 http://www.mattandnancy.org/music/come-thou-fount-of-every-blessing/#comment-2142 matt, you could probably confirm or deny this theory as it seems you've got a a decent understanding of history of praise music/hymnists. i wonder if what we consider "good" hymns come from the experience of men who were already bent on their own discipleship under Christ, and had a life's worth of experience in terms of grace and maturity to draw from. the closest i can get to understanding is in the poetry i write (which i rarely even share because it tends to only be pleasing to myself and God, so i can sympathize with people who say "i can't write good songs"), and i have noticed that the best stuff i write, the stuff that when i read it months later jumps off the page at me, is the stuff inspired by God doing something huge in my life. i wonder if the men who wrote those classic hymns like "it is well with my soul" were men who God was moving in, and who were committed to holiness, and they just happened to be song-writers as well? i guess i'm just thinking out loud about it. what do you think matt? chicken or the egg? musician or disciple? matt, you could probably confirm or deny this theory as it seems you’ve got a a decent understanding of history of praise music/hymnists.

i wonder if what we consider “good” hymns come from the experience of men who were already bent on their own discipleship under Christ, and had a life’s worth of experience in terms of grace and maturity to draw from.

the closest i can get to understanding is in the poetry i write (which i rarely even share because it tends to only be pleasing to myself and God, so i can sympathize with people who say “i can’t write good songs”), and i have noticed that the best stuff i write, the stuff that when i read it months later jumps off the page at me, is the stuff inspired by God doing something huge in my life.

i wonder if the men who wrote those classic hymns like “it is well with my soul” were men who God was moving in, and who were committed to holiness, and they just happened to be song-writers as well?

i guess i’m just thinking out loud about it. what do you think matt? chicken or the egg? musician or disciple?

]]> By: Matt http://www.mattandnancy.org/music/come-thou-fount-of-every-blessing/#comment-2138 Matt Tue, 16 May 2006 19:19:09 +0000 http://www.mattandnancy.org/music/come-thou-fount-of-every-blessing/#comment-2138 Good stuff, Dustin. Good stuff, Dustin.

]]> By: Dustin http://www.mattandnancy.org/music/come-thou-fount-of-every-blessing/#comment-2137 Dustin Tue, 16 May 2006 17:04:28 +0000 http://www.mattandnancy.org/music/come-thou-fount-of-every-blessing/#comment-2137 True enough. I would agree that it's an unfruitful direction to go, and a pretty unprudent thing to throw out there. Sorry for being quick to speak, and not listen. When I look at my own feeble attempts at songwriting I see lots of junk, and then one thing that expresses what I want it to. Every piece of art expresses a little something of what we want it to; some do it better than others. All music is an attempt at expressing the glory of something in different ways. I can't judge one over another. Maybe what I should have said is, "Let's strive to communicate the glory of God accurately and powerfully; no matter what medium or form it takes." True enough. I would agree that it’s an unfruitful direction to go, and a pretty unprudent thing to throw out there. Sorry for being quick to speak, and not listen.

When I look at my own feeble attempts at songwriting I see lots of junk, and then one thing that expresses what I want it to. Every piece of art expresses a little something of what we want it to; some do it better than others. All music is an attempt at expressing the glory of something in different ways. I can’t judge one over another. Maybe what I should have said is, “Let’s strive to communicate the glory of God accurately and powerfully; no matter what medium or form it takes.”

]]> By: Matt Heerema http://www.mattandnancy.org/music/come-thou-fount-of-every-blessing/#comment-2136 Matt Heerema Tue, 16 May 2006 15:43:20 +0000 http://www.mattandnancy.org/music/come-thou-fount-of-every-blessing/#comment-2136 Dustin, I agree with you in the case of songs like this one, and other favorites. What we have to realize though is that there were roughly 400,000 hymns written over the last couple of centuries, and a lot of them were crap as well. What we experience today is sort of a "hymnological Darwinism" survival of the fittest sort of thing. So lets not get too hung up on hymns vs. modern songs, realize that it took a thousand failures to get one gem... Dustin, I agree with you in the case of songs like this one, and other favorites. What we have to realize though is that there were roughly 400,000 hymns written over the last couple of centuries, and a lot of them were crap as well. What we experience today is sort of a “hymnological Darwinism” survival of the fittest sort of thing. So lets not get too hung up on hymns vs. modern songs, realize that it took a thousand failures to get one gem…

]]> By: Dustin http://www.mattandnancy.org/music/come-thou-fount-of-every-blessing/#comment-2135 Dustin Tue, 16 May 2006 15:39:37 +0000 http://www.mattandnancy.org/music/come-thou-fount-of-every-blessing/#comment-2135 This is one of my favorites too. Man, hymns just destroy most of what we consider "good" christian music today. I think about some of the songs that I listen to and sing, and they almost feel inappropriate to offer to God. These men wrote excellent poetry about an amazing God. What do "Amazed" and "Rescue" have in comparison? (nothing against Jared Anderson) "How Deep the Father's Love For Us" explores more about the love of God than all the songs I know; in more clear, concise, and theologically accurate words. I can't write anything better, so I can't rant too much, but these songs are overwhelmingly more beautiful than contemporary music. This is one of my favorites too. Man, hymns just destroy most of what we consider “good” christian music today. I think about some of the songs that I listen to and sing, and they almost feel inappropriate to offer to God. These men wrote excellent poetry about an amazing God. What do “Amazed” and “Rescue” have in comparison? (nothing against Jared Anderson) “How Deep the Father’s Love For Us” explores more about the love of God than all the songs I know; in more clear, concise, and theologically accurate words. I can’t write anything better, so I can’t rant too much, but these songs are overwhelmingly more beautiful than contemporary music.

]]> By: nate http://www.mattandnancy.org/music/come-thou-fount-of-every-blessing/#comment-2134 nate Tue, 16 May 2006 15:35:08 +0000 http://www.mattandnancy.org/music/come-thou-fount-of-every-blessing/#comment-2134 i really like the last part, it's exciting for me. reminds me of the ending part of amazing grace that really picks up "when we've been there ten thousand years! bright shining as the sun..." ps. everything from the "r" in "hers" ->right is only image (no links) down below for me with safari 2.0.3 running. the book link ceases to be a link mid-link (around the "a" in captivating). fighting for priority with the bars maybe? firefox is working fine. safari problem probably? pps. not that i was trying to click on "cute overload" or anything *blush* i really like the last part, it’s exciting for me. reminds me of the ending part of amazing grace that really picks up “when we’ve been there ten thousand years! bright shining as the sun…”

ps. everything from the “r” in “hers” ->right is only image (no links) down below for me with safari 2.0.3 running. the book link ceases to be a link mid-link (around the “a” in captivating). fighting for priority with the bars maybe? firefox is working fine. safari problem probably?

pps. not that i was trying to click on “cute overload” or anything blush

]]> By: Dan Benson http://www.mattandnancy.org/music/come-thou-fount-of-every-blessing/#comment-2133 Dan Benson Tue, 16 May 2006 12:50:57 +0000 http://www.mattandnancy.org/music/come-thou-fount-of-every-blessing/#comment-2133 Makes you want to name your kid Ebenezer, don't it Matt? Makes you want to name your kid Ebenezer, don’t it Matt?

]]> By: Dan Benson http://www.mattandnancy.org/music/come-thou-fount-of-every-blessing/#comment-2132 Dan Benson Tue, 16 May 2006 12:45:17 +0000 http://www.mattandnancy.org/music/come-thou-fount-of-every-blessing/#comment-2132 That's a great hymn, Matt. I love the old hymns and the new life being breathed into them. That’s a great hymn, Matt. I love the old hymns and the new life being breathed into them.

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