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I didn't say all their stuff was "watered down". If you see my previous post, I like DC Talk. I was asked to give an example of watered down and I gave one of a song IMO was watered down.

How do you feel about this song by a man of God? Not really a strong Gospel message? Maybe we should pull it?

Song of Solomon 4

1 How beautiful you are, my darling!

Oh, how beautiful!

Your eyes behind your veil are doves.

Your hair is like a flock of goats

descending from Mount Gilead.

2 Your teeth are like a flock of sheep just shorn,

coming up from the washing.

Each has its twin;

not one of them is alone.

3 Your lips are like a scarlet ribbon;

your mouth is lovely.

Your temples behind your veil

are like the halves of a pomegranate.

4 Your neck is like the tower of David,

built with elegance [a] ;

on it hang a thousand shields,

all of them shields of warriors.

5 Your two breasts are like two fawns,

like twin fawns of a gazelle

that browse among the lilies.

6 Until the day breaks

and the shadows flee,

I will go to the mountain of myrrh

and to the hill of incense.

7 All beautiful you are, my darling;

there is no flaw in you.

8 Come with me from Lebanon, my bride,

come with me from Lebanon.

Descend from the crest of Amana,

from the top of Senir, the summit of Hermon,

from the lions' dens

and the mountain haunts of the leopards.

9 You have stolen my heart, my sister, my bride;

you have stolen my heart

with one glance of your eyes,

with one jewel of your necklace.

10 How delightful is your love, my sister, my bride!

How much more pleasing is your love than wine,

and the fragrance of your perfume than any spice!

11 Your lips drop sweetness as the honeycomb, my bride;

milk and honey are under your tongue.

The fragrance of your garments is like that of Lebanon.

12 You are a garden locked up, my sister, my bride;

you are a spring enclosed, a sealed fountain.

13 Your plants are an orchard of pomegranates

with choice fruits,

with henna and nard,

14 nard and saffron,

calamus and cinnamon,

with every kind of incense tree,

with myrrh and aloes

and all the finest spices.

15 You are [b] a garden fountain,

a well of flowing water

streaming down from Lebanon.
Beloved
16 Awake, north wind,

and come, south wind!

Blow on my garden,

that its fragrance may spread abroad.

Let my lover come into his garden

and taste its choice fruits.

I was asked to give an example of watered down and I gave one of a song IMO was watered down.

I realize that, but didn't want "the other side" of this discussion to use that to say that DC Talk is a band that "waters down" their message. They don't. I'm not sure I agree the lyrics you posted were "watered down". Not every song a group sings is going to be like "Jesus Freak". They're all going to have slightly different focuses (is that a word?).

>>I was asked to give an example of watered down and I gave one of a song IMO was watered down.<<

How exactly is it watered down? I'm serious here. I just don't see it.