Guessing that Cartman isn't the only who saw $$$ signs...
Posted on 03/03/2005 10:02:32 AM PST by newsgatherer
Does the Holy Spirit rock? Rock around the clock? If it is a Christian concert with thousands of Christians present I guess He does. But, let the ticket buyer beware.
The first, last and only concert I ever attended was a two day Grateful Dead concert about seventeen years ago. I didn't go to hear the music or whiff the sickly sweet air but to talk to the concert goers about the Lord Jesus Christ. I found the concert goers to be decent people who didn't brush me off. We were all looking for something. I was looking for converts while many of them were walking on a path that had no certain goal. I do not know if or how many seeds were planted but the Word tells us that one sows and another reaps. I praise Our Father that His Son reaps us into His Kingdom rather than leaving us to the mercy (right!) of the one whose scythe carries a blade of demons.
I certainly am not anti-contemporary CHRISTian music nor am I anti-CHRISTian concerts whether they last two hours or two days. Indeed I suspect that the first time "A Mighty Fortress Is Our God" was sung in a Lutheran church the old coots like me screamed "blasphemy" as they ran for the exits. I tell you, chanting the Psalms was never the same after that. However we need to be careful of the CHRISTian music ...
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Michael W. Smith - "You're always going to have those very, very conservative people. They say you can't do this; you can't do that…. You can't drink …. You can't smoke. It's a pretty bizarre way of thinking."
I guess I need to listen to the music my grandchildren are plying on their headphones. I thought that if it were by Amy Grant it was safe, maybe not.
Bah. Christian contemporary music is good. Maybe it doesn't belong in church, certainly I'd rather sing "A Mighty Fortress" than the latest MercyMe hit. But if I'm doing homework, running errands, or scrubbing my tub, I want something uplifting that I can have fun with.
Third Day, Caedmon's Call, Jars of Clay, Andrew Peterson, Carolyn Arends, Smalltown Poets. Ever heard any of them? You should...
Guessing that Cartman isn't the only who saw $$$ signs...
I don't listen to contemporary Christian music, at least the stuff they play on the stations here. Pathetic lyrics, mediocre musically.
The message leaves out Jesus, so, it aint Christian, and that message speaks more than the melody
Now, I might confess, I am listening to Fiddler on the Roof while I type.
I have noticed the lack of emphasis or even a mention of Jesus Christ in a number of allegedly Christian-themed movies, TV Shows, and music mention God or Him or the Father but never Jesus Christ. Not to say that those shows and things are bad, but that they aren't really "Christian".
Now, I am not trying to be argumentative, but how do you know it is Christian if it doesn't mention Christ?
Heh, music helps me concentrate! I can't work properly without it. Wish I could listen to music while taking tests!
Another thing is, even if Christian music doesn't mention Jesus in every song, it's not talking about "shootin' ho's" or doing drugs or murder, either. It's wholesome. A lot of it is crap, of course, but there are ten or twelve bands and singers I like very much.
Recue
You are the source of life
I can't be left behind
No one else will do
I will take hold of you
I need You Jesus
To come to my rescue
Where else can I go
There's no other name by
Which I am saved
Capture me with grace
I will follow you
This world has nothing for me
I will follow you
1....'O'
3 million....'ms'
Tain't christian....is it?
Not bad, listening now, not bad at all. Thanks, there is a man talking now about the odds of Jesus fullfilling evn a few of th OT prophecies.
To quote Hank Hill: "Can't you see you're not making Christianity better, you're just making rock n' roll worse."
I find uplifting messages in lots of different songs by many different bands, none of them so-called Christian rock groups.
I will recant somewhat and say that Nicole Nordeman (sp?) has some pretty good lyrics. My wife has one or two of her CDs. Additionally I respect your decision to shun secular music. Many of my friends have done the same.
That said, I agree with RB in that Christian music ought to be about Christ. There may be good artists who are Christians and they sing positive, uplifting songs. However IMO that is "positive message" music if it doesn't explicitly bring honor to Christ.
I was sitting in my dentist's office, waiting for the Novocain to numb-up and talking with the woman dental assistant.
There was music playing and when the next piece came up it was the Pie Jesus from Faure's Requiem.
I casually mentioned that it was one of my favorite pieces of music, to which she replied "I prefer Christian music".
I know she meant the modern genre of "Christian music" but it still struck me as being the most ironic sentence I ever heard.
Same way you can argue that a movie that has a character scream "JESUS CHRIST!" in an angry way is -not- a "Christian" film. Context.
I like that too.
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