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And for me, the music was so wrong, man. We were saying things [00:00:43] that were so wrong, but we would repeat it over and over, especially in the choruses. We would repeat phrases. And I was thinking about it, you know, it gets stuck in your head. And so, a lot of times what I was facing was I was examining theology, but I was examining it because of the music that was stuck in my head. And I I thought the music was right, and I go to the text, and no, I I was misled again. >> [laughter] >> Yeah, I I totally agree with you. I I can say, and I'm not the first person saying this, definitely, but there's a generation that learned how to connect with God through music. Not that it's a bad thing in itself, but the problem is that once you understand the theology ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01m4493sqsw5wxs2k08sra5a76)) - Note: [H1] A stuck chorus can drive theological study - Tags: atom/literature/h1 - [00:01:28] that is behind what we're singing, that's the that's the real big issue. >> [snorts] >> And the problem that we've been creating as worship musicians in the last few generations is that people are connecting to the worship music and to the lyrics more than the word of God. And that's really dangerous, especially when you start hearing lyrics about dominion and we're going to overcome this city and we're going to do this thing for God. And I'm saying, "Okay, now where does that come from?" And of course, that that will lead you to uh to the New Apostolic Reformation and the [00:02:12] to the entire theology that they believe. Uh >> [snorts] >> But that's one of the biggest dangers that there is. Nobody's critically examining the doctrine behind the music. That's a big big issue, especially in younger generations, because worship music used to be more biblical uh in past generations, not that you know, not that anymore. >> Mhm. [laughter] Yeah. >> So it's it's been a complicated context. Uh especially in Latin American music when you start thinking about a lot of the messages and where is that coming from. >> Absolutely. So I'm I'll ask the first question and and I'll try to understand ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01m4493w667ra8m9pjq33q063x)) - Note: [H2] Lyrics go unexamined as doctrine - Tags: atom/literature/h2 - [00:04:22] Apostolic Reformation, but there was this this thought that if you could forcibly convert people to your belief set, they could go to heaven, and all other Christians going to hell. That's really what we believed. And that evolved into the New Apostolic Reformation's go and conquer, conquer the government, conquer the seven mountains. And I was thinking as the tour guide was talking about the Spanish Inquisition, how similar that is, and how wrong that is. [laughter] >> Yeah, I totally agree with you. I think in Costa Rica is pretty much the the the same thing. >> [snorts] >> To be able to understand the reality of Costa Rica [00:05:04] now, how how evangelicalism is now, you have to go back a lot. Um and and you really need to understand goodness, my goodness, it's like Dowie, Parham, Aimee Semple McPherson, and the entire thing that developed that system that was imported here, basically. >> [snorts] >> In Costa Rica was really interesting because there was this of course we were colonized by the Spanish religion which which is Roman Catholicism. That's no doubt there. And pretty much ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01m4493ywd8ze8pnhqc8ct4fe9)) - Note: [H3] Conquest rhetoric links forced conversion and NAR - Tags: atom/literature/h3 - [00:05:47] the same thing happened here. In order for the local indigenous people to keep their beliefs and do it somewhat legally without the risk of being killed, they would have to syncretize the the entire thing. So, that's one part. Of course, there are very reminiscence uh things nowadays happening with witchcraft and things that happens in every country in Latin America to this day. There was a second wave that was missionaries coming from England and United States. First of all, first of of course from [00:06:29] England and they were Methodist by the most part, Adventists, uh and they were centered around the Limon area. Uh to this day, there's a lot of churches. I have a a few friends over there. There's a lot of Adventist churches there and and Methodist, Wesleyan churches. Uh Then, what happened was quite interesting because they started to develop their missionary uh work there. And as time went on, the new wave of missionaries came. What I called personally the new wave of ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01m44941crzq7yk1yj6krv25v7)) - Note: [H4] Syncretism was a survival strategy under colonization - Tags: atom/literature/h3 - [00:07:14] missionaries. Uh specific names that will be known for Costa Ricans like the Strachan Ministries. Uh [snorts] just a couple of of of North American uh a North American couple that came at first in in Argentina and then in Costa Rica. They developed a lot of uh things here. Churches, radio stations, colleges, and then and most notably >> [snorts] >> uh Seminario Biblico Latinoamericana, which is a basically a Bible Seminary. And I'm pretty sure it's going to ring a lot of bells with you [00:07:57] because it sounds much similar to the Oral Roberts University. It was the house the theology house for the rest of the things to come in Costa Rica. So, it was before and after. ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01m44943sjye8p8m6bkacjd8wy)) - Note: [H5] One seminary marks a before and after - Tags: atom/literature/h3