In our FrontLine Interviews series, we turn to an article from our “The God of Beauty” edition of FL to an article by Doug Bachorik, chairman of the music department at Maranatha Baptist University. His contribution speaks to the beauty of music in our worship services, but points out that it isn’t beauty for beauty’s sake, rather all of it must contribute to the purpose of worship, conforming us to the image of Christ.

From the introduction to his article.

New Testament writers present worship as coming from the whole life of each Christian. We are made to worship God; a primary goal of our worship services is to become more like Jesus. Music is a tool to achieve that goal, and beauty in music strengthens the power of music. Beauty in musical worship is a tool for spiritual beauty in our lives. Whoa — how did I get here?

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