Hymns replaced by Bono lyrics at church by Jonathan Petre
John Lennon once enraged Christians by claiming that the Beatles were bigger than Jesus. The Church of England is now recognising the pulling power of rock stars by recruiting Bono, the singer and lyricist of U2, in its bid to boost congregations.
A Church of England bishop is to preside at this country's first "U2-charist", an adapted Holy Communion service that uses the Irish supergroup's best-selling songs in place of hymns.
US worshippers at a U2 Eucharist sing along to lyrics of Bono
In what is more rock concert than Book of Common Prayer, a live band will belt out U2 classics such as Mysterious Ways and Beautiful Day as worshippers sing along with the lyrics, which will appear on screens. The atmosphere will be further enhanced by a sophisticated lighting system that will pulse with the beat, and striking visual images of poverty and drought.
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Hymns replaced by Bono lyrics at church
Discussion in '2008 Archive' started by Rufus_1611, Jan 29, 2007.
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Sounds like a good idea.
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"Why should the devil get all the good tunes?" William Booth, founder of the Salvation Army, when criticized for playing popular music at his services.
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Praise God for fundie churches.
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Maybe they should rename that church The Church of U2. :wavey:
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I am always amazed how many churches will try to fill the pews man's way instead of God's way. Man's way may get them through the front door of the church and entertain them but it will not save them from their sin or hell. This is part of the reason so many "megachurches" are filled with such worldly professing Christians.
John MacArthur has written several books that address these topics.
The Gospel According To Jesus
The Gospel According To The Apostles
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I think it's just a fad. After a while, people will get bored and leave and that church will have to think up still another way to attract people.
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Hymns are those things in things in the red book in front of the pew, right? The ones we never pick up because they are not the songs projected on the screen?
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What you win men WITH is what you win them TO!
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At our church we have hymns on the projector and praise songs in the hymnal - it's gotten so that I can't tell which songs I am supposed to hate. :(
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I remember seeing a choir sing a U2 song in a church in a Christmas special back in 1988. This is nothing new.
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:rolleyes:
They make the same charge of Martin Luther. Turns out, if you actually study it, he wrote original tunes, took some from the RC and one "popular" tune. Turns out that the one popular tune actually originated in the church.
Where music comes from is not the test of whether it is good or bad. Its intrinsic values, its sounds etc, are what give it moral or immoral qualities.
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From the link provided by the OP:
"Extracted lyrics of songs used in American U2-charists, compiled by the Rev Paige Blair in York Harbor, Maine
Mysterious Ways
It's alright, it's alright, it's alright,
She moves in mysterious ways,
It's alright, it's alright, it's alright,
We move through miracle days,
Spirit moves in mysterious ways"
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