Certainly you are correct that a Christian should not have to product Christian music. Christians make an impact according to God's purposes anywhere they are just by being salt and light...and Scripture does not make any kind of distinction between Christian and non-Christian music etc...it is all part of God's world.
However, this story is framed WITH THAT AS THE FOUNDATION......Christian singers impacting secular music.
It really bothers me if Christian singers WHO CLEARLY HAVE A CHOSEN MISSION TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE FOR CHRIST...they aren't just a singer who is a Christian...but a "Christian singer"....water down the message.
If these were just singers who believe in Christ, there would be no problem with their content. But, they are bands who supposedly are out to impact the world by spreading the Gospel, I won't sit back as they PREACH ANOTHER GOSPEL instead of the one taught by the Scriptures. They preach a wishy-washy, watered down Gospel that rarely even mentions Christ.
Scripture makes it clear any person claiming another Gospel will be accursed.
The bible contains more than the gospels. It deals with every aspect of life. For bands to do this with their lyrics doesn't make them unscriptural.
I couldn't disagree with you more. A Christian song does not need to cover the events of the entire Bible. Each one picks a tiny part or concept from within the message. It is not watering down, it is focusing, just as Jesus and all the books and chapters of the Bible do.
Even in the Psalms there are lots of songs about a lot of subjects. And the spirit of the songs in the Psalms can be found in the words of both Hymns AND contemporary worship music. And some songs within both genres are sterile as well.
The genre is not the problem, the individual song and/or individual performer is the problem.
Like a good sermon, the Swithfoot song "Meant To Live" opens up a cornicopia of questions when presented in an open environment. Questions that have their answer in the Word of God. And the doorway to the answer is often opened in the non-believers hearing of the song.
That is a good thing.