"It is often among us singers and musicians that God is 'used' to display man's talent, rather than man's talent used to display God. When this happens, our music amounts to nothing more than sounding brass and tinkling cymbals in God's sight. Any offering which is not acceptable to God will bring no spiritual or eternal benefit to the people, no matter how much they may enjoy what they hear and do. We may succeed in leading them to an emotional high. We may even bring the preacher out of his chair and people out of their pews; but if we haven't led them to God, we have failed our calling. If what we have done has attracted people more to ourselves than to God, we have failed our mission. We are not called to be entertainers of the people, we are called to be ministers of the gospel. May the standard God has set for us be the standard for which we all strive."
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--Will
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