I like the blues as a music genre, but was wondering this question, "Is/are the Christian blues an oxymoron or at least a contradictory statement?"
Christian Blues?
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I'm not sure how to answer that. I like both Bluegrass and Southern Gospel music, those can both be viewed as hillbilly blues, so I suppose that unsyncopated Blues would probably not be unacceptable. It's the syncopation of some music, designed cause people to allow their bodies to be captured by the music, rather than engage their minds, that causes music to be problematic because that's considered the demonic element of rhythm.
Demon rhythm excepted, doesn't a double negative become an affirmative?
Hey crossnote;
You ask a great question and I'm going to try to answer and lets see if this makes sense.
Many English words can have two or multiple meanings. I believe there exists a music genre called Christian blues, adding to the many styles of Christian music such as Christian rock, Christian rap, Christian folk, Christian ballads, Christian blues, etc...
As far it being an oxymoron or a contradictory statement, I guess one could look at it that way. But as a musician who has served in the music ministry, Christian blues is just another style of genre.
God bless you, crossnote.
Bob
That's not a double negative. Take another look.
Please explain.
The way it is written, it sounds like it would be acceptable.
Bob I guess I was thinking in terms of joy being the fruit of the Spirit and we are exhorted to rejoice in the Lord always.
Sigh, I'm gonna be blue while I miss the blues. lol
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Golly, you're right, good call!
Amazing, I struggled with grammar but would ace the spelling B's
I actually DID mean acceptable. I've been reading too many 19th century theology writers. I unthinkingly put my positive into a double negative.
BibleLover Perhaps the title, "Nineteenth Century Mixup" could win a W.C.Handy award?
BibleLover's I've been studying.... far too hard... for a very long time... I can't communicate properly..... honky tonk BLUES. HAHAHA
Good morning, crossnote and BibleLover;
To go from oxymoron, contradictory statement to acceptable lost me. But in the Biblical realm I can see where you're going with blues.
Actually, blues music can be described as sadness but can also be described as joy.
Am I close to what you're sharing, crossnote?
I have a question/comment for BibleLover. When you've read theology writers from the 19th Century did anyone ever think their audience who were mostly lay persons (excluding students) could understand what the author was talking about?
God bless you, brothers.
Bob
When you read academic writers from the 18th and 19th centuries, you find they are more formal and eloquent than we are today. That was the fashion of those days when people were better educated than today. I daresay that many of today's PhDs couldn't qualify for an 18th century bachelor's degree. I once read that Yale's BA graduation requirement during the early 18th century required the degree candidate to write a thesis and to defend it in Latin, Greek, and Hebrew before the entire assembled university faculty and student body. That was just a bachelor's degree!
Didn't know Germans could sing the Blues.
OH baby..... EVERYONE can sing the BLUES.... HAHAHA
A Poem for this thread...
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Mourning with the Morning Dove.
Life is so sad,
I can hear it in your voice,
Your sadness is contagious,
Your mourning is beyond belief
May I take your sorrow and cry in your stead
So that Joy may come in and with the mourning?
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Mourning with the Morning Dove.
Life is so sad,
I can hear it in your voice,
Your sadness is contagious,
Your mourning is beyond belief
May I take your sorrow and cry in your stead
So that Joy may come in and with the mourning?
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