Mining Secular Music for Biblical Nuggets

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Scripture reading #6: Luke 2:15-16

Song #6: “Angels from the Realms of Glory”

(A) A D A E7 A
Angels from the realms of glory Wing your flight o’er all the earth;
A f# C# f# C# f# E B7 E
Ye who sang creation’s story, Now proclaim Messi-ah’s birth:
E E7 A D b F#7 b B7 A E7 A
Come and worship, come and worship, Worship Christ, the newborn King!

2. Shepherds in the fields abiding, Watching o’er your flocks by night,
God with man is now residing, Yonder shines the infant Light:
Come and worship, come and worship, Worship Christ, the newborn King!
 
Secular music isnt that bad, i believe as long as we can handle it without going off the rails. why not. I do listen to gospel alot though. I believe that we should feed the spirit not just the flesh with acceptable practices.
 
Prycejosh1987 said:
Secular music isnt that bad, i believe as long as we can handle it without going off the rails. why not. I do listen to gospel alot though. I believe that we should feed the spirit not just the flesh with acceptable practices.
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Yes, and I think we handle secular music when we draw the line where the lyrics/message becomes anti-Christian.
The example I cite is when my conscience no longer let me listen to Rod Stewart's "Tonight's the Night".
Do you have a song lyric you would like to share as an example of feeding the spirit?
 
I came by your invitation @GWH but I'm not sure what good I will be. I did listen to a documentary on Silent Night and when it was first written it was considered a secular song and they wouldn't sing it in the church! Can you imagine that!?
 
ThereRoseaLamb said:
I came by your invitation @GWH but I'm not sure what good I will be. I did listen to a documentary on Silent Night and when it was first written it was considered a secular song and they wouldn't sing it in the church! Can you imagine that!?
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No I can't.
Who considered it to be secular?
Who wouldn't sing it in what church?

1 Silent night, holy night, All is calm, all is bright
Round yon virgin mother and child! Holy Infant so tender and mild,
Sleep in heavenly peace, Sleep in heavenly peace.

2 Silent night, holy night, Darkness flies, all is light;
Shepherds hear the angels sing, "Alleluia! hail the King!
Christ the Savior is born, Christ the Savior is born."

3 Silent night, holy night, Son of God, love's pure light
Radiant beams from Thy holy face, With the dawn of redeeming grace,
Jesus, Lord, at Thy birth, Jesus, Lord, at Thy birth.

4 Silent night, holy night, Wondrous star, lend thy light;
With the angels let us sing Alleluia to our King;
Christ the Savior is born, Christ the Savior is born.

What's not to be sung by Christians in a church?!
 
GWH said:
Scripture reading #6: Luke 2:15-16

Song #6: “Angels from the Realms of Glory”

(A) A D A E7 A
Angels from the realms of glory Wing your flight o’er all the earth;
A f# C# f# C# f# E B7 E
Ye who sang creation’s story, Now proclaim Messi-ah’s birth:
E E7 A D b F#7 b B7 A E7 A
Come and worship, come and worship, Worship Christ, the newborn King!

2. Shepherds in the fields abiding, Watching o’er your flocks by night,
God with man is now residing, Yonder shines the infant Light:
Come and worship, come and worship, Worship Christ, the newborn King!
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Song #7: “Angels We Have Heard on High” [in G in RD Songbook; capo on 2nd fret]

(F) //F C7 F C7 F // (Repeat //)
1. Angels we have heard on high, Sweetly singing o’er the plains:
And the mountains in reply, Echoing their joyous strains.
// F D7 e# C7 d# A C4 C F g# F g# F C7 // (Repeat //*) * F C7 F
Glo----------------------ria in excelsis De-o! Glo----------ria in excelsis De---o!

2. Come to Bethlehem and see Him whose birth the angels sing;
Come, adore on bended knee Christ the Lord, the newborn King.
Glo----------------------ria in excelsis Deo! Glo----------ria in excelsis Deo!
 
We began with the story of the birth of Christ and the shepherds in Luke 2. Now we will read the story of Jesus’ birth
and the magi or wise men in Matthew 2, which occurred as much as a year or two later. Let us begin with a song that
picks up with the baby Jesus in the manger.

Song #8: “Good Christians, Rejoice” [amended title and lyrics]

F
1. Good Christ-i-ans, rejo-ice With heart and soul and voice!
C F g/Bb6 C7 F
Give ye heed to what we say: Jesus Christ is born today.
F d g/Bb6 C7 F
Man and beast before him bow, And he is in the manger now:
Bb A d C F C7 F
Christ is born today, Christ is born today.

2. Good Christ-i-ans, rejo-ice With heart and soul and voice!
Now ye hear of endless bliss: Jesus Christ was born for this.
He hath opened heaven’s door, And man is blest forevermore.
Christ was born for this, Christ was born for this.
 
Scripture reading #7: Matthew 2:1-2 & 9

Song #9: “The First Noel”

(G7) // C a G d C F C F G C G7 F C F G7 C G7 C //(Rep. //)
1. The first Noel there was a star Shining in-- the east, beyond them far,
And to the earth it gave great light, And so it continued both day and night.
G7 C a e C F d C G a e F C F G7 C G7 C
No-el, Noel, Noel, Noel, Born is the King of Is-ra--el.

2. And by the light of that same star The Wise Men came from country far;
To seek for a king was their intent, And to follow the star wherever it went.
Noel, Noel, Noel, Noel, Born is the King of Israel.
 
Scripture reading #8: Matthew 2:10-11

Song #10: “We Three Kings of Orient Are”

(e) e B7 e B7 e
1. We three kings of orient are; bearing gifts, we traverse afar,
G D G a B+ B e
Field and fountain, moor and mountain, Following yonder star.
D G C G C G
(Chorus:) O star of wonder, star of night, Star with royal beauty bright,
a G C G a G C G
Westward leading, still proceeding, Guide us to thy perfect Light.

2. Born a king on Bethlehem’s plain, Gold I bring to crown him again,
King forever, ceasing never, Over us all to reign. (Chorus)

3. Frankincense to offer have I; Incense owns a Deity nigh;
Prayer and praising, all men raising, Worship him, God on high. (Chorus)

4. Myrrh is mine: its bitter perfume Breathes a life of gathering gloom:
Sorrowing, sighing, bleeding, dying, Sealed in the stone-cold tomb. (Chorus)
 
Scripture reading #9: John 1:1&14

Song #11: “O Come, All Ye Faithful”

(G) G D G D G C G D
1. O come, all ye faithful, joyful and triumphant,
e A7 D A7 D G D e D A7 D
O come ye, O come ye to Bethlehem!
G D7 G D7 G D B7 e a D
Come and behold him, born the King of angels!
// G D7 G D7 G // (Repeat //*) * D7
O come let us adore him, O come let us adore him,
G D7 G D7 A7 D G C G D7 G
O come let us a---dore him, Christ the Lord!

2. Yea, Lord, we greet thee, born this happy morning,
Jesus, to thee be all glory given;
Word of the Father, now in flesh appearing!
O come let us adore him, O come let us adore him,
O come let us adore him, Christ the Lord!
 
Scripture reading #10: Philippians 2:5b-11

Song #12: “Hark! The Herald Angels Sing” [in G in RD Songbook; capo on 2nd fret]

(F) F C F C F a Bb F C F
1. Hark! The herald angels sing, “Glory to the newborn King;
F d F G7 a G7 C G7 C
Peace on earth, and mercy mild; God and sinners reconciled.”
F C7 F C F C7 F C
Joyful, all ye nations rise, Join the triumph of the skies;
Bb D7 g D7 g C7 F C F
With angelic hosts proclaim, “Christ is born in Bethlehem!”
Bb D7 g D7 g C7 F C7 F
Hark! The herald angels sing, “Glory to the newborn King.”

2. Christ, by highest heaven adored, Christ the everlasting Lord:
Late in time, behold him come, Offspring of a virgin’s womb.
Veiled in flesh the Godhead see, Hail the incarnate Deity!
Pleased as man with men to dwell, Jesus our Immanuel.
Hark! The herald angels sing, “Glory to the newborn King.”


3. Hail the heaven-born Prince of Peace! Hail the Son of Righteousness!
Light and life to all he brings, Risen with healing in his wings.
Mild he lays his glory by, Born that man no more may die,
Born to raise the sons of earth, Born to give them second birth.
Hark! The herald angels sing, “Glory to the newborn King.”
 
Scripture reading #11: 1 John 1:1-4

Song #13: “Joy to the World”

C G7 C d C G7 C F G C
1. Joy to the world! The Lord is come; Let earth receive her King;
C C
Let every heart prepare him room, And heaven and nature sing,
G7 C F C d C G7 C
And heaven and nature sing, And heaven, and heaven and nature sing.

2. He rules the world with truth and grace, And makes the nations prove
The glories of his righteousness, And wonders of his love,
And wonders of his love, And wonders, wonders of his love.
 
Scripture reading #12: Hebrews 9:27-28

Song: “Go, Tell It on the Mountain”

F C7 F
1. While shepherds kept their watching O’er silent flocks by night,
G G7 C C7
Behold throughout the heavens There shone a holy light.
F C7 F
(Refrain) Go, tell it on the mountain, Over the hills and everywhere;
Go, tell it on the mountain That Jesus Christ was born!

2. Down in a lowly manger The humble Christ was born,
And God sent us salvation That blessed Christmas morn.
(Refrain)

Scripture reading #13: 2 Peter 3:8-9
 
Scripture reading #14: Revelation 22:12-13, 16 & 20

Song: “It Came Upon a Midnight Clear”

(E7) // A D A D A D B7 E7 // (Repeat //*)
1. Yes, with the woes of sin and strife The world has suffered long,
Beneath the angel strain have rolled Two thousand years (E7) of wrong (A);
C#7 f# E f# E B7 E E7 (Repeat //*)
And man, at war with man, hears not The love song which they bring:
O hush the noise, ye men of strife, And hear the angels sing!

2. For lo! The days are hastening on, By prophet bards foretold,
When with the ever-circling years Comes ‘round the age of gold;
When peace shall over all the earth Its ancient splendors fling,
And the whole world give back the song Which now the angels sing.

Song: “Good Christians, Rejoice”

F
1. Good Christ-i-ans, rejoice With heart and soul and voice!
C F g/Bb6 C7 F
Give ye heed to what we say: Jesus Christ is born today.
F d g/Bb6 C7 F
Man and beast before him bow, And he is in the manger now:
Bb A d C F C7 F
Christ is born today, Christ is born today.

2. Good Christ-i-ans, rejoice With heart and soul and voice!
Now ye hear of endless bliss: Jesus Christ was born for this.
He hath opened heaven’s door, And man is blest forevermore.
Christ was born for this, Christ was born for this.

3. Good Christ-i-ans, rejoice With heart and soul and voice!
Now ye need not fear the grave: Jesus Christ was born to save.
Calls you one and calls you all, To gain his everlasting hall.
Christ was born to save, Christ was born to save.

[Depart in peace! Merry Christmas!]
 
I heard the bells on Christmas day
Their old familiar carols play
And mild and sweet their songs repeat
Of peace on Earth, good will to men

And the bells are ringing (peace on Earth)
Like a choir they're singing (peace on Earth)
In my heart I hear them (peace on Earth)
Peace on Earth, good will to men

And in despair I bowed my head
"There is no peace on Earth, " I said
For hate is strong and mocks the song
Of peace on Earth, good will to men

But the bells are ringing (peace on Earth)
Like a choir singing (peace on Earth)
Does anybody hear them? (Peace on Earth)
Peace on Earth, good will to men

Then rang the bells more loud and deep
God is not dead, nor doth He sleep
(Peace on Earth) (Peace on Earth)
The wrong shall fail, the right prevail
With peace on Earth, good will to men

Then ringing, singing on its way
The world revolved from night to day
A voice, a chime, a chant sublime
Of peace on Earth, good will to men

And the bells, they're ringing (peace on Earth)
Like a choir they're singing (peace on Earth)
And with our hearts, we'll hear them (peace on Earth)
Peace on Earth, good will to men

Do you hear the bells, they're ringing? (Peace on Earth)
The light, the angels singing (peace on Earth)
Open up your heart and hear them (peace on Earth)
Peace on Earth, good will to men
Peace on Earth, Peace on Earth
Peace on Earth, good will to men!

[song by Casting Crowns]
 
After Christmas comes Easter and the dawn of the New Covenant/Gospel, of which the beginning of a new year may be a reminder,
so let us consider the song re the Magi (Matt. 2:1-12) in a new light:

“We Three Kings of Orient Are”

1. We three kings of orient are; bearing gifts, we traverse afar,
Field and fountain, moor and mountain, Following yonder star.

(Chorus) O star of wonder, star of night, Star with royal beauty bright,
Westward leading, still proceeding, Guide us to thy perfect Light.

2. Born a king on Bethlehem’s plain, Gold I bring to crown him again,
King forever, ceasing never, Over us all to reign. (Chorus)

3. Frankincense to offer have I; Incense owns a Deity nigh;
Prayer and praising, all men raising, Worship him, God on high. (Chorus)

4. Myrrh is mine: its bitter perfume Breathes a life of gathering gloom:
Sorrowing, sighing, bleeding, dying, Sealed in the stone-cold tomb. (Chorus)
 
Redemption Draweth Nigh (Luke 21:28)​

[*] A4 A7 D A6 A7 D A7 D
1. Years of time have come and gone since I first heard it told—
A7 b D7 G e7 D A
How Jesus would come again some day.
A6 A D G A7 D
If back then it seemed so real, then I just can’t help but feel
A7 b G D A7 D G D
How much closer His coming is today.

G D
(Chorus:) Signs of the times are everywhere,
A7 b D7 G g D A
And there’s a brand new feeling in the air;
A6 A D A7 D [G
Keep your eyes upon the eastern sky,
F#7 b G D A7 D]* G D (etc.)
Lift up your head, redemption draweth nigh.

2. Wars and strife on every hand, and violence fills our land.
Still some people doubt He’ll come again.
But the word of God is true; He’ll redeem His chosen few.
Don’t lose hope, soon Christ Jesus will descend.

(Chorus, then repeat last line)
 
I find hints of evaluating the past year (judgment) and looking forward to a new one (new Jerusalem) in the following medley:

Medley on the Coming Day

1. Well early in the morning, about the break of day,
I asked the Lord to help me find the way.
Help me find the way, to the promised land
This lonely body, needs a helping hand.
I asked the Lord, “Won’t you help me please, find the way?"

2. When the judgment comes to find the world in shame,
When the trumpet blows, won’t you call my name.
When the thunder rolls, and the heavens rain,
When the sun turns black to never shine again,
When the trumpet blows, won’t you call me please, call my name.

(Refrain:) Everybody gonna pray on the very last day.
O when they hear that bell ring the world away,
Everybody gonna pray to the Lord on the judgment day.

1. Well you can sing about the great king David,
And you can preach about the wisdom of Paul,
But the judgment falls on all mankind when the trumpet sounds the call.
All equal and the same when the Lord, He calls your name,
Get ready, brother, for that day--- (Refrain)

2. Well one day soon all men will stand,
His word will be heeded in all the land.
Men shall know and men shall see we all are brothers and we all are free.
Each brother take His hand, heed the meaning of the Lord’s command.
Get ready, brother, for that day--- (Refrain, repeat last line)

1. I know that one day soon a song shall rise,
You’ll hear it with the sleep still in your eyes,
You’ll wake unto a brand new day,
//And you’ll hear a bell ringing, voices singing, far----- away.//

A time when every man will be as one,
A time to reach right out and touch the sun, come the day.

2. With freedom still a thought within your mind,
A sleeping thing that some may never find,
It may be still a million miles away,
//And you’ll hear a bell ringing, voices singing, far----- away.//

A time to live without doubt or fear,
Welcome to the happy world that will be here, come the day.
//And you’ll hear a bell ringing, voices singing, far----- away.//
 
Still new-born in another new year!

New-Born Again

1. I’ve found free grace and dyin’ love; I’m new-born again;
been long time a-talkin’ ‘bout my trials here below.

(Refrain) Free grace, free grace, free grace, sinner;
Free grace, free grace, I’m new-born a-gain.
So glad, so glad, I’m new-born again,
Been long time a-talkin’ ‘bout my trials here below.

2. I know my Lord has set us free, we’re . . .

(Refrain) Free grace, free grace, free grace, sinner;
Free grace, free grace, We're new-born a-gain.
So glad, so glad, we're new-born again,
Been long time a-talkin’ ‘bout our trials here below.

3. So let us sing and praise the Lord, we’re . . .
(refrain)

4. Oh won’t you come and join our song, we’re . . .
(refrain)

HAPPY NEW YEAR!! :love:
 
A song about last year, this year, and future years:

Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow​

1. Yesterday He died for me, yesterday, yesterday;
Yesterday He died for me, yesterday; yesterday He died for me,
died for me. This is history.

2. Today He lives for me, today, today;
Today He lives for me, today; today He lives for me,
lives for me. This is victory.

3. Tomorrow He comes for me, He comes, He comes;
Tomorrow He comes for me, He comes; tomorrow He comes for me,
comes for me. This is mystery.


4. O friend, do you know Him, know Him, know Him;
O friend, do you know Him, know Him; O friend do you know Him,
you know Him, //Jesus Christ the Lord,// (Repeat // twice)
 
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