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PASTOR GENERAL'S
REPORT
TO THE MINISTRY OF THE
WORLDWIDE CHURCH OF GOD
VOL.6, N0.32
PASADENA, CALIFORNIA
CORRECTION
AUGUST 1, 1984
ON JULY 30. I SENT OUT A SPECIAL PGR REPORT, "A NOTICE AND APOLOGY."
AT THE TIME, SEVERAL MINISTERS HAD COME TO ME CLAIMING TOTALLY UNAC
CEPTABLE MUSIC WAS CONTINUALLY PLAYED AT THE SEP CAMP AT ORR, MINNESOTA,
THE NEXT MORNING • JULy 3L I FLEw up TO ORR
I
FOuR MINIsTERs AT CAMp
TOOK THE OPPOSITE VIEW, AND BACKED UP THE SEP PROGRAM AT ORR COMPLETELY,
FEELING GREAT INJUSTICE HAD BEEN DONE, l HAD ALL THE RECORDS AND TAPES OF
MUSIC AT ORR BOXED AND FLEW BACK TO PASADENA, CANCELLING OUT MY PLANNED
TRIP TO CONTINUE FROM ORR TO THE CAMPS AT LOCH LOMOND AND STRASBOURG,
FRANCE, I AUDITIONED THE MUSIC,
THE BOTTOM LINE IS THIS: THERE ARE MANY CONFLICTING IDEAS AS TO WHAT IS
GOOD OR BAD MUSIC, THERE ARE MANY IDEAS ABOUT ROCK MUSIC, THERE ARE MANY
SHADES OF SO-CALLED ROCK, FROM VIRTUALLY MIDDLE-OF-THE-ROAD POPULAR MUSIC
TO HARD ROCK AND ACID ROCK, VIRTUALLY ALL "TOP 40" MUSIC OF THE WORLD RUNS
THIS GAMUT,
Goo HAS NEVER REVEALED TO us SPECIFICALLY WHERE TO DRAW THE LINE, OR
WHAT IS "GOOD MUSIC" IN Goo's MIND, Bur JESUS SAID, "By THEIR FRUITS YOU
SHALL KNOW." MUSIC BEARS FRUITS, IT IS A CAUSE OF RESULTS IN THE MANNER OF
EMOTIONAL OR OTHER FEELINGS, MOODS, ETC, WITHIN HEARERS' MINDS,
IF YOU ASK ME HOW FAR I COULD DRIVE A CAR TO THE VERY BRINK OF A
PRECIPICE WITHOUT FALLING OFF, I WOULD SAY I WANT TO KEEP VERY SAFELY AWAY
FROM THE BRINK, Ir's LIKE ASKING, HOW CLOSE TO SATAN'S WAY CAN WE GO AND
STILL GET INTO Goo's KINGDOM?
How
FAR MAY WE COMPROMISE WITH SATAN? THE
CHURCH IS "CALLED OUT" FROM SATAN'S WORLD ALTOGETHER,
MANY MINISTERS MIGHT EVEN LIKE THE MUSIC PLAYED AT ORR, ALTHOUGH MANY
HEATEDLY DENOUNCED IT,