The conversation with Joshua continues

(This entire thread is still in the meta of Joshua's blog; I've reformatted it a bit since I can, but the text is unchanged, other than using Joshua's full name, which he seems to be using now.)

Thanks for the time in writing a response, Joshua. There’s a lot I could say to clarify what I meant or refute what I disagree with in what you wrote, but I think you’ve done a good job finding the core bone of contention between how we teach/think/believe: pragmatism within the church. I’ll stick to that; the rest (e.g. changing methodology over time or culture), however important, is secondary, and largely an application of the central issue. And I’m sorry this is still long; I’m too tired to effectively edit it down.

Excellence in Music, Excellence in Worship

(This was originally an email to Joshua Skogerboe about a blog post he'd written, but it got posted on a blog, so I'm reposting it here so it's still available.)

I'd agree completely that too often "good enough for church" is used as an excuse for doing less than our best for the Lord. I've been on the soapbox fighting against that myself; it's no different than excusing poor Bible teaching or preaching because according to Is 55:11, God's Word "will not return... empty".

Having said that, I don't believe you've made your case well.