Frankly, I am not impressed when Flood from Jars of Clay or (what many mistakenly believe to be a Christian band, Creed) hit the secular airwaves.
Nor when Switchfoot does so (though Switchfoot rocks, any Christian message they carry is really really veiled).
POD just is a bunch of apostates pretending to be Christians.
We should not be impressed when such groups make it into the secular airwaves.
Why? BECAUSE THEY MAKE IT ON BECAUSE THEY ****COMPROMISE*** A CLEAR PRESENTATION OF THE GOSPEL IN FAVOR OF A VEILED, PUZZLE SONG APPROACH IN WHICH YOU HAVE TO GUESS WHAT THE HECK THE SINGER IS TALKING ABOUT.
They could be seen just as easily as referring to secular love half the time as the love of God.
The only time I am genuinely impressed is when a CLEAR AND NOT WATERED DOWN VERSION OF THE GOSPEL MAKES IT ON THE SECULAR AIRWAVES.
About the only example I can think of is MercyMe's "I Can Only Imagine." I hear it on several secular radio stations around here quite a lot.
It has made a major dent in the secular airwaves, which is amazing.
So has "More to this Life" by a female artist whose name I have forgotten.
But, for the most part, CHRISTIANS ARE MAKING IT ONTO THE SECULAR AIRWAVES ***BECAUSE THEY ARE SELLING OUT***.
Well said.
I agree.
I read in an article about some African Christians who heard the so called "Christian Rock/Rap" music and asked why Christians were listening to the Devil's music.
The idea that you can add the Gospel message to aggressive, violent sounding heavy metal tunes, or fleshy sexual rhythms and attract new converts is a contradiction.
Perhaps you could tattoo the name of Jesus to the butts of strippers to get the message out?
I'm not going to say all rock or rap music is the wrong spirit for the Gospel message, but I think most of it is. And these so called "ministers" are exactly as you say, sellouts.