Music can split a church in two?

Richard Simpkin  |  Features  |  Music
Date posted:  1 Apr 2011
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Myth busting is very popular these days. Last year, MythBusters from the TV busted the myth that ‘a man can attach 400 fireworks to himself, launch off a ramp, fly over 150 feet, and land safely in a lake’. I love evening TV.

This month’s article is going to be a myth-buster. Here’s the myth: music can split a church in two.

Disputes about music have caused much division and hurt in the church over the years. The main reason, of course, is sin, which tells us that only I know the only way that music should be used in church. It’s not music itself which is at fault — it’s human hearts.

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