Large, successful churches often cannot resist replacing worship with entertainment; the more accomplished the performers, the stronger the temptation.
A number of years ago I attended an evensong in Salisbury Cathedral. The acoustics were sublime, the choir sang exquisitely and the bulletin had a note requesting that the congregation not ruin the experience by joining in. It was a performance, albeit a performance of high aesthetic – even spiritual some would say – refinement.
Hillsong’s version of Silent Night is also a performance, a crassly revolting performance, the aesthetic antithesis of the Salisbury Cathedral choir, a cacophony of anti-Christianity whose idolatrous shallowness is surely too transparently stupid to appeal to any but empty-headed celebrities.
There does seem to be a large audience, though.
Las Vegas show girls
So…..how do you really feel. Curious.!
Don’t know why or how a Christian could sing this ,Just bad all round
This appears to be a cabaret show led by a Marilyn Monroe impersonator. Sad commentary on anything purporting to be a church.
How very sad! My heart breaks for the author and simple choir that originated this beautiful song/prayer. How far we have strayed from true adoration.
Truly awful. A beautiful carol given the Vegas treatment. I thought Hillsong was a Christian group.
For those who need an antidote:
Thank-you- I needed that….
Thank you for the antidote – the first rendering is what they play in hell.
Try this — God Kissed the World on Christmas Day —
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CRz7FnItJ1w
Christmas blessings!
Is the next thing that you’re going to tell us that 3/4 time is the beat of the devil?
Thanks for being the music police.