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Post by Thane on Nov 2, 2005 1:56:48 GMT -5
Everyone has them, those bands you love to train to. Then you have the ones you sit around the house and listen to. We are always looking for new music to train to. Believe it or not, I have a partner who is a professional Strongman (Josh Thigpen) who refuses to train to anything stronger than Creed. Just not able to process this one.
Training - Living Sacrafice, Extol, Agony Scene, and I will always keep some Metallica on hand.
Relaxing - Johnny Cash, Robert Earl Keen, Ray Charles, Casting Crowns, and some piano classical type stuff that I found on DMX channel.
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Post by Doug Parrish on Nov 2, 2005 8:48:38 GMT -5
This topic has really brought out a lot of discourse! Just sitting back and trying to look at the entire topic as a whole, it seems to me there are two general groups. The one group has the strict interpretation, for example, not using drums in Christian music or church. The other group has a more fluid interpretation, more of a "listen to the words, not the instruments" kind of perspective. I'll tell you straight up: When I'm in my truck my radio will pick up 5 to 6 Gospel stations, depending on where I am. I hear some beautiful lyrics praising God and thanking Him for what He has done, but they all have drums. (I seldom listen to music at the house, too much going on.) I don't personally feel convicted of enjoying music by say, Mercy Me or the Dixie Melody Boys just because it has drums in it. Having said that, it may be more of an issue of "Work out your own salvation through fear and trembling," "I die daily," or maybe "The gifts and callings of God are without repentance." In other words, it may be an issue of either spiritual maturity on my part, or that God has a reason for me to listen to those tunes (maybe someday I will hear a message on one of those stations that has a profound effect on my level of spiritual maturity).
Personally, when training, I either don't listen to anything at all, or I listen to Creed. Nope, they aren't stalwarts of sound theological doctrine, but I feel like I'm mature enough not to become enslaved by these lyrics, because I know better. Kind of like eating the meat offered to idols. If there's a young Christian at the gym who is offended by me listening to Creed, then I will stop. I listen to them because it's so much better than the music coming through the speakers, and has the "pump up your intensity" effect for LIFTING, not for SPIRITUAL.
Purely for relaxing, I like instrumental music that is really laid back. But like I said earlier, I don't take many opportunities to listen to the radio or CDs when at home. Most of my radio listening is in my truck to predominantly southern Gospel or praise/worship music. If and when, through prayer and reading the Bible, I become convicted of these types of music, by all means I'll just stop listening to them.
God Bless all. Doug P.
(still haven't found an avatar)
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Post by stevefredine on Dec 13, 2005 15:51:17 GMT -5
This last year we had the Glenn Kaiser Band come play at our Church (Calvary Chapel Salt Lake City, calvaryslc.org)
Great, great no compromise lyrics challenging believers and non believers alike. They are out of a church in Chicago where Glenn is a Pastor. Their sound is rock blues and many songs have a ZZ Top feel to them.
Personal favorite song so far: "Rooster Crow".
"What will you answer, what will you do when they ask you, who are you?"
Good stuff!
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Post by pwrlftingprincess on Jan 10, 2006 16:55:33 GMT -5
to train to- skillet and my school of rock soundtrack cd at home- country (keith urban, brad paisley, faith hill, carrie underwood), my star wars cds (i am a star wars freak. lol) and contemporary christian and gospel!
-Tabby- the powerlifting princess
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