''Many Christians will no doubt disagree with my concerns. So they’ll clog my email box with their line of reasoning hoping to set me straight, which is fine. Disagreements with regard to music aren’t uncommon amongst Christians. You could say there’s a music war going on! And it doesn’t appear that the controversy will be resolved any time soon, if ever.''
The Christian music industry offers a
wide variety of music to consumers. Gospel, worship and praise, pop and rock, heavy metal, even grunge. You probably don’t sit around thinking about this, but much of today’s so-called Christian music has become secularized. Not all, but some of it is completely absent of spiritual truth.
The next time you’re in church or singing along with your favorite recording artist on the radio or a CD pay attention to the lyrics. You may find that the song is not God centered at all. It is man centered. In a word, it is worldly.
Which begs the question: if I’m aware of the shortcomings of Christian contemporary music (CCM) how is it that those in the Christian music industry, to include songwriters, vocalists, band members, pastors, youth leaders, church choir directors, well-known leaders in the church, and the people who promote and sell CCM don’t “get” that what they pass off as Christian is in fact unchristian?
I’ll go out on a limb and say that many of these people know perfectly well that what they’re putting out there isn’t fit for Christian consumption. They don’t care! One excuse they use is that in today’s market CCM has to be edgy to make it to the top of the charts. Truth is, many in the Christian music industry are driven by greed. Their focus is not the Almighty, but the almighty dollar! http://www.newswithviews.com/West/marsha185.htm