Directory of Contemporary Worship Musicians - Way of Life Literature

objections thrown up by my incredulous brain! ... at was areal watershed in my Christian experience” (Nigel Smyth,“What Are We All Singing About?” http://www.freedomministries.org.uk/ccm/nsmyth1.shtml).To bypass one’s thinking and to refuse to test everything byBible doctrine is blind mysticism.e following is excerpted from an article by AlanMorrison entitled “e New Style of Worship and the GreatApostasy.” Used by permission. e entire article is availableon the Diakrisis web site at www.diakrisis.org/articles.htm.As a graphic illustration of the kind of ‘Christianity’ which liesbehind the new hymnody, consider the following interviewwith that veteran of the New Style of Worship, GrahamKendrick, conducted by the supremo of the cult-like JesusArmy Fellowship, Noel Stanton:NS: “What are the landmarks in your life?”GK: “I remember when I was about five years old my motherreading us a bedtime story which included a simpleexplanation of the gospel and asking us if we wanted to inviteJesus to forgive our sins. I remember kneeling down by myselfand praying. I felt an excitement deep inside me that surprisedme. During teenage years I began to examine if it was firsthand or second hand”.NS: “You were a rebel?”GK: “It was the 60s and I tended towards the cynicism of thetime. Certainly I was determined to discover more”.NS: “Did that lead to Baptism in the Spirit?”GK: “I’ve never been a crisis person but I came out of oneparticularly drab Christian Union meeting at college thinking‘ere must be more than this’. So I set out to seek for more ofGod. I had met one or two people who seemed to have beenprofoundly affected by the Holy Spirit. I tracked down ahousegroup and knocked on the door, not knowing anybodythere, and asked people to pray for me aerwards. It was laterthat night when I was cleaning my teeth ready to go to bed that201