[seedman81]

I agree that contemporary music is a must to reach the youth of today. But we must measure the message that the music is sending through its lyrics to ascertain if it is the gospel message, which is plainly; without our acceptance of the sacrifice that Christ made to remedy our sinful nature and a total change of heart regarding that sinful nature, we are destined to an eternity apart from God. In essence, if we are to lead our brothers and sisters to the understanding and acceptance of God's mercy and are charged with being clear on that when witnessing to others, the words we use (lyrics) must be obvious to that end.

[DaughterOfAnIwoJimaVet]

If the lyrics are not detrimental, I see no problem with them. As I just said in another post, I know musicians in ministry who don't even sing, and whose drive is to perform music with a high degree of skill for the purpose of glorifying Christ.

God can even use music that doesn't have lyrics to reach people, imo.

If the Holy Spirit is speaking to someone, music may (and probably will) be just part of the picture to that person's understanding of salvation.