Subject: How to "win the world" ? |
Bible Note: DBlesser Much of what is labeled "Christian Music" today is secular and worldly. Consider the following; Rich Mullins said: "I'm really sick of all this heavy-handed Christianity. Musicians take themselves too seriously. They should have more FUN, and they should stop preaching unless that's what God has called them to. If I want to hear a sermon, I'll go to church, thank you." (CCM magazine, April, 1987, p. 12) Here's what a secular reporter in the Birmingham News wrote after watching a Michael W. Smith concert: "If you weren’t familiar with Michael W. Smith’s standing in the world of contemporary Christian music, you might attend one of his concerts and come out none the wiser." (The Birmingham News, Feb. 12, 1993 p. 5c) Michael W. Smith's album, Change Your World, has 2819 words — Jesus occurs — ZERO! Michael W. Smith's album, I’ll Lead You Home, has 2046 words — Jesus occurs — ZERO! Michael W. Smith's album, Live the Life, has over 1100 words — Jesus occurs — you guessed it — ZERO! Michael W. Smith Smith’s concerts are filled with teenage girls who "scream out their affection for him" (not the Lord Jesus Christ). Here’s how Inside Music, Jan/Feb 91, describes a Smith concert: "His concerts draw hundreds of thousands of fans each year, mostly teenage girls who scream out their AFFECTION FOR HIM non-stop throughout. . . . To his fans, Smith is the absolute greatest there is, BAR NONE . . ." Even CCM artist, Michael Card, admits that much of CCM — is NOT Christian: "The lyrics of a good number of the songs don’t betray anything specifically Christian —they may have some moral message, but not a lot of the big songs are identifiably Christian. . ." (Can't Buy Me Love, Christianity Today, May 20, 1996, p. 25) True Christian music lifts-up and praises the Lord Jesus Christ — not man. Much modern Contemporary Christian Music glorifies man: Lastly the following Scripture seems revelant to modern man-centered worship. this is a rebellious people, ... that will not hear the law of the LORD: Which say to the seers, See not; and to the prophets, PROPHESY NOT UNTO US RIGHT THINGS, SPEAK UNTO US SMOOTH THINGS, PROPHESY DECEITS. Is. 30:9-10 Micah 2:11 If a man walking in the spirit and falsehood do lie, saying, I will prophesy unto thee of wine and of strong drink; he shall even be the prophet of this people. Ezek. 33:31 they hear thy words, but they will not do them: for with their mouth they shew much love, but their heart goeth after their covetousness. Ezek. 33:32 And, lo, thou art unto them as a very lovely song of one that hath a pleasant voice, and can play well on an instrument: for they hear thy words, but they do them not. It's sad that those in the Old Testament refused to hear the voices of their prophets, who would have brought them back to the Lord from whom they were drifting away from. And it is even much sadder that many today pay no attention to the voices of those crying in the wilderness for us to return to a pure undefiled worship of God, and His Son Jesus Christ. Love New Creature |