worship music

[Ghostdog]

does anyone notice that worship music leans more toward the way females express love? theres not many male way of showing love in worship music

[Sower]

6 minutes ago, Ghostdog said:

does anyone notice that worship music leans more toward the way females express love? theres not many male way of showing love in worship music

Probably because they can sing better, for the most part.. 
 Men are the head of the family, women are the heart.

[Ausie 52]

10 minutes ago, Ghostdog said:

does anyone notice that worship music leans more toward the way females express love? theres not many male way of showing love in worship music

Perhaps you need to get in touch with your feminine side. ( Joke).

[Marilyn C]

46 minutes ago, Ghostdog said:

does anyone notice that worship music leans more toward the way females express love? theres not many male way of showing love in worship music

That`s because they have been deceived into thinking they are `female, a bride.` 

People over here (OZ) call those songs, `Jesus my boyfriend` songs.

[AdHoc]

9 hours ago, Marilyn C said:

That`s because they have been deceived into thinking they are `female, a bride.` 

People over here (OZ) call those songs, `Jesus my boyfriend` songs.

It will do us all well if we were to consider the whole revelation of scripture.
Is Jesus a Lamb or a person?
Is Jesus a Rock or a person
Is Jesus Bread or a Human being?

In the same sense, our L0rd Jesus is a Man and a Bride is given. You maintain that Israel is God's Wife. But Israel was a MAN. The Church is revealed to be a number of things
1. God's House
2. A New Creature
3. A New Man
4. A Body
5. A Wall in a City
6. Wheat
7. Branches of a Vine
 
Each defines an aspect of the Church. To say that the Church is exclusively "A New Man" is to reject God's full revelation. The Church is also designated and revealed as a Bride and a Wife which has been "espoused" to Christ (2nd Cor. 11:1-2). But what think ye of Christ being "her" and a "mother"?

34 O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, which killest the prophets, and stonest them that are sent unto thee; how often would I have gathered thy children together, as a hen doth gather her brood under her wings, and ye would not (Lk 13:34).

[nebula]

2 minutes ago, AdHoc said:

Each defines an aspect of the Church. To say that the Church is exclusively "A New Man" is to reject God's full revelation. The Church is also designated and revealed as a Bride and a Wife which has been "espoused" to Christ (2nd Cor. 11:1-2). But what think ye of Christ being "her" and a "mother"?

34 O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, which killest the prophets, and stonest them that are sent unto thee; how often would I have gathered thy children together, as a hen doth gather her brood under her wings, and ye would not (Lk 13:34).

When I look at the OP, the complaint is not that worship music has female expressions of love towards God, but that it leans that way, that there is a lack of male expression of love towards God.

I agree he has a point. We live in a society that makes femininity out of masculinity. 

I've been frustrated for a long time at the state of modern "worship" music - being a lot more me-centric than God-centric. (Even singing about what God does, it's a lot more on what God does for me and how I am victorious than it does about the glory of God.)

[nebula]

10 hours ago, Ghostdog said:

does anyone notice that worship music leans more toward the way females express love? theres not many male way of showing love in worship music

I understand what you mean by female expression of love towards God.

What would you consider an example of male expression of love in worship music?

[AdHoc]

10 hours ago, Ghostdog said:

does anyone notice that worship music leans more toward the way females express love? theres not many male way of showing love in worship music

After listening to some good (in ability) singers and some not so good singers, I noticed that "worship music" doesn't appear in the New Testament in regard to the Church. It is not essentially wrong, but the Church is designed equally to occupy an American Football stadium as a snow covered slope in Siberia - just one of the places on earth where Christians are still being persecuted even unto death. Every evening there are dozens of clandestine meetings in the siheyuans of Beijing and not even a loud prayer is heard. The police would be there in a flash.

These Christian singing sessions that sometimes equal a rock-concert are foreign to scripture.

[AdHoc]

10 minutes ago, nebula said:

When I look at the OP, the complaint is not that worship music has female expressions of love towards God, but that it leans that way, that there is a lack of male expression of love towards God.

I agree he has a point. We live in a society that makes femininity out of masculinity. 

I've been frustrated for a long time at the state of modern "worship" music - being a lot more me-centric than God-centric. (Even singing about what God does, it's a lot more on what God does for me and how I am victorious than it does about the glory of God.)

I understand your frustration. We meet to feed the spirit of man (Jn.4:24) and bring God (a Spirit) His portion. Singing is for the soul of man. It can be uplifting, but it essentially feeds the wrong part.

I largely live in a silent house. But every now and again somebody sends me a video of a Christian artist - and out of courtesy I listen to it. Sometimes I'm moved, but the soul of man, made up of mind, will and emotions, is well advised to be wary of emotions. They are needed, but they are very fickle. I have another reserve towards these emotional songs - their theology is sometime way off. What more effective weapon of false teaching is a "wrong song". The listener is open and emotional.

We are not all the same, but I suggest we all stay very cool the first five times we hear a "worship song".

[Ray12614]

13 minutes ago, AdHoc said:

These Christian singing sessions that sometimes equal a rock-concert are foreign to scripture.

It certainly can be that way . . . especially when attendees are 'observers' and not 'participants'. It really depends upon what motivates us into true worship. 

I will agree that many songs sung in our assemblies are focused upon ourselves and NOT the glory of God. 

I also agree that 'worship' songs can be a draw to the Master, or . . . . they end up being an end in themselves, never arriving at the feet of Jesus . . . being dead-on-arrival so to speak.

Some lyrics are not worthy to be offered to the King . . . 

Regardless of the songs (unless they are just plain awful) I can find common ground upon which I stand to focus my full attention upon Jesus my King . . . unless . . . I fall into the trap of being an mere observer and not an participant . . . . 

My 2 cents . . .