Down through the ages music has touched people on many different levels. Its effects have been felt Individually, corporately, and nationally. Music touches the hearts of people because it captures the joys and sorrows, highs and lows, and peaks and valleys of life. In many ways it has described, preserved, and even shaped the home, the church, and the nation. Music is an expression of the soul and therefore is a powerful means by which the people of God can proclaim the praises of God.
Music is so powerful that it can actually dictate behavior.
We certainly live in a music crazed society and whether we like it or not, it is revealing and even shaping our soul. Nothing can warm and even excite the heart like music and therefore it is powerful and perhaps even dangerous. Christians today have been given a cafeteria selection of styles of Christian music. But a flurry of controversy often surrounds the issue about what actually constitutes music that is Christian. In many of our churches there is an unconscious struggle between the stability and familiarity of traditional hymns and a wave of newer worship choruses.