Here's five to go with Death Metal church service!
Posted on 12/07/2004 12:06:09 PM PST by LouAvul
The growing clout of America's 100-million evangelical Christians is being heard loud and clear. Just turn on your radio, and you'll notice that a seismic shift in American culture is taking place.
Before, you could tune into different stations, which offered different music and different messages.
But now, as Correspondent Bob Simon reports on 60 Minutes Wednesday, Dec. 8, at 8 p.m. ET/PT,, evangelical Christian music is flowing into mainstream media -- and changing it. In fact, Christian entertainment now brings in $4 billion a year.
Rappers and rockers are making hits and making money while spreading the gospel to national audiences. Christian groups can be heard on secular radio and seen on "The Tonight Show." Earlier this year, the group Third Day even played at the Republican National Convention.
"The fact that there are Christian themes now emerging in rock and that Christians are in rock is just representative of a spiritual desire or a spiritual hunger in our culture," says Cameron Strang, publisher of Relevant Magazine, a religious publication.
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Love 'em! One of my fave albums in the early nineties was PK Mitchell's Worship album. All Rock remakes of traditional hymns. Also, I dig ANYTHING by Johnny Cash.
Our church is large enough that we have a specific youth service. It would definitely turn off most of the adults. I am just saying that to get the young (teen-age) interested the service must be upbeat. Then they are gradually matured into more traditional services.
PK Mitchell? I'll have to write that down. :-)
As everyone pans and slams "worship" music they don't approve of, maybe a more basic question needs to be asked and subsequently answered:
What is Worship?
I don't think a whole lot of churches are playing Third Day in their worship service (though if you're going to rock out anyway, you could do worse than copying their cover of "Creed". Apostle's Creed, electric guitar). Anyway, I certainly prefer hymns in church, but music like Third Day or Caedmon's Call is great for in the car or at work.
And then there are people like Andrew Peterson, who's not precisely rock, but writes just the best songs. His Christmas album, "Behold the Lamb of God", just replaced Michael Card's "The Promise" as my favorite theological Christmas album.
Just because it's new, just because it has electric guitar, doens't mean it doesn't praise the Lord!
Questioning my faith? No need. See my post #76. I don't doubt that God can use all music to bring people to Christ. But the musicians need to be aware of the message they are sending. And thier life should also reflect Christ.
I have worked for many years as a youth director and use all forms of media to plant seeds, including secular music by artists who are Christian.
Ah! I see, very interesting. My church is probably a lot smaller.
Well, and I can remember being terribly bored during the service when I was a teen. I think it had more to do with the pastor than the music, but then again it's not as if I was a very mature Christian at that age... It does take time for most of us. :-)
The Album is: P.K. Mitchell - All Hail The Power (Rugged) 1994.
Here's five to go with Death Metal church service!
Faith Plus One Rules! Cartman forever! ;-)
Thank you!! I will check into that. :-)
I understand it as an act of surrender of one's self before God. And it does not require music, although singing and music are often connected with it in scripture.
Whatever floats your boat, and as long as you're comfortable with the accountability aspects of sacrilege I'm happy for you.
How about "Techno for Moshiach."
If you're a Believer, you may want to be careful about insulting other Believers.
And if you're not a Believer then you're free to ignore my comments to you, entirely....
Third Day was great at the GOP Convention. I'd never heard of them but I am now buying their cd's. Great band.
"Conspiracy No. 5" and "Wire" are probably my favorites. "Third Day" and "Time" were good, too.
Third Day is great. There version of Psalm 36, "Your Love Oh Lord", is awesome.
"Wire" is great, I think it's their best album yet. Do you like worship albums? The two Third Day worship albums are good.
I also like "Conspiracy No. 5". It has a song about Hosea that I just love. And all their other stuff, too... "Come Together" is nice. I saw them in concert twice and actually got to go backstage to meet Mac and get some cds signed.
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