Posted 16/07/2014
Recently I was in a womens clothing store (with my wife) searching for a dress for her for a wedding we were attending.
The music that they had playing (which stores do these days) reminded me of the type of club sound you would hear at hillsong. I say that, yet I hadn’t heard any songs like this from Hillsong?
It had a clean catchy synthesier and beat, and even though I was enjoying it, I realised this was not glorifying God, neither was it intended to.
My point is, music can have its own intoxicating power, it has the ability to create a natural high, it lifts your spirit, even if the song and lyrics are not particularly spiritual.
And yet now somehow this has become the churches ‘house’ worship. The lines have now become blurred.
Here is a short clip that explains the beginnings, and the FOCUS of Hillsong and it’s youth program, through it’s band “Young and Free”
The motto is ‘Entertain them to gain them.’
It’s Music first, doctrine?… well it’s somewhere?
The following 4 min clip is from Andrew Sutton who attended Hillsong Conference 2014. He is obviously he and his friends are having a great time down there, (nothing against Andrew) but it shows the type of weekend that it is. But more importantly notice how he uses the latest song from Cold Play ‘Sky full of stars’, and how well this dovetails with Hillsong’s ‘Love is Relentless’ at just over the 3min mark.
Here is Hillsong’s Young and Free as LIVE WORSHIP at Hillsong Conference
I think it has became plain and obvious that we have usurped true worship with this ‘House Music’.
And I can’t help observe the number of times ‘Love is Relentless’ is sung over in some kind of mantra?
More footage showing Illuminati phallic Symbology on the wall – this is absolutely appalling
http://youtu.be/_4JPzTZ_uwA
http://youtu.be/sp7UGyFkq8w
See my main article – Hellsong The Music of Hillsong for more understanding of this issue.
I know its fun, I know its catchy, I know its enjoyable, but none of these things are a necessary criteria for worship!
Often times worship, is completely overwhelming, as in the experiences of Joshua, Isaiah, John, the woman at Jesus feet, Paul!
Yes… worship can be uplifting, and bring emotion, but this is not what should be promoted, otherwise we end up with ‘soulish’ worship, and that’s all it is, which is only pleasing to US!
And just to show you I’m not making this up….here is the close out for Hillsong’s Conference in JULY!
Coercion Code - "Dark Times are upon us" 
Sorry this is like going to a normal rock n roll concert. And in my days before I became a christian , I attended so many of them. We are supposed to be worshipping a Holy Righteous God for who he is. Praise and worship is done in reverence of him, not done to give us or someone else entertainment. Like you said all of this becomes soulish. Nowhere in the bible does God want us to entertain them to gain them. Nowhere in the bible does God tell us to take wordly ways, worldly music and lyrics,light shows ,smoke machines, worldly hip hop dancers and the like to make someone a disciple of God. The bible alone and the Holy Spirit is what changes a persons heart and mind. As our Lord is the Light of the World, his light alone should be enough to reveal his truth to mankind. Somehow don’t think this sort of worship will be up in heaven. Christians truly have no idea how satan and his demons use music to hypnotise, and transform a person, and how they are masters at creating it.But those who belong to him sure do. Hence that’s why the rock n roll industry produces the music and vids it does. Makes you wonder who is really behind most of the so called christian songs that come out of these churches. Of course the people who write them and sing them, and their many followers and their churches will say everything was inspired by God . But wonder what God himself thinks and knows. And would these people even care if they one day found out satan himself was behind their music , and he was the inspiration of it.
To go with the comment above would you care if you found out Satan was behind your articles. How is this anything but hate? Just because you don’t understand it like it doesn’t mean it’s apostasy? When did you become do synacle you don’t believe what they say about there own church. I’ve listened to many of their sermons, many of their concerts and there messages are “Jesus Christ is Lord, there is no other Name by which we are saved”. Biblically that cannot come from any other spirit but the Spirit of God. Just because you prefer 80+. Year old hymns that are just rewritten drinking songs doesn’t mean you have the right or knowledge to bash a church that’s getting more people into heaven than you are. Your blog is exactly what’s wrong with the church, use your blog to encourage, and teach. Not hate on other Christians.
Hi Josh,
I appreciate the sentiments, but the LORD sees not as man sees; for man looks on the outward appearance, but the LORD looks on the heart. 1 Sam 16:7
I am sorry, but we live in a time of great deception. Jesus warned us in Matt 24 (4 times) to not be deceived.
Isaiah’s day is being fullfilled again in ours.
Isaiah 6:5-10
Then said I, Woe is me! for I am undone; because I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips: for mine eyes have seen the King, the Lord of hosts. 6 Then flew one of the seraphims unto me, having a live coal in his hand, which he had taken with the tongs from off the altar: 7 And he laid it upon my mouth, and said, Lo, this hath touched thy lips; and thine iniquity is taken away, and thy sin purged. 8 Also I heard the voice of the Lord, saying, Whom shall I send, and who will go for us? Then said I, Here am I; send me.
9 And he said, Go, and tell this people,
Hear ye indeed, but understand not;
and see ye indeed, but perceive not.
10 Make the heart of this people fat,
and make their ears heavy, and shut their eyes;
lest they see with their eyes,
and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and convert, and be healed.
Does Hillsong worship in the following ways?
1. Worship for who God is.
2. Worship for what He has done.
3. Seeking God to help in your witness (the only thing you can’t do in Heaven is witness to the lost).
4. Seeking God for His will, to be changed by His Presence, etc.
I think not…(see below)