Nbdy, I can't speak to any personal relationships with any musicians mentioned above. I'm so glad that you can because it adds the dimension of actual personal contact. I'm always wary when someone is judged from afar by those who take isolated comments from any person and attempt to make them the centerpiece of all that person believes or stands for.
As a pastor, I know how lopsided an impression someone might get if they took just one of my sermons and ignored the fact that I have a lifetime of sermons, and that they all must be reviewed to get some idea of where I stand on balance.
Agreed on that! Of course, RB will probably just take our comments as "proof" that we are in the devil's clutches, and are therefore actually his unwitting minions...Pharisees can be such a pain in the kiester at times.....
"Nbdy, I can't speak to any personal relationships with any musicians mentioned above. I'm so glad that you can because it adds the dimension of actual personal contact. I'm always wary when someone is judged from afar by those who take isolated comments from any person and attempt to make them the centerpiece of all that person believes or stands for.
As a pastor, I know how lopsided an impression someone might get if they took just one of my sermons and ignored the fact that I have a lifetime of sermons, and that they all must be reviewed to get some idea of where I stand on balance."
This comment is the most reasoned, logically and I believe spiritually thought out comment I have read. True, we are told to separate from the world, however I don't think the author of this article has quite grasped the concept of that commandment. We ARE in the world, but not OF it. In the book of Psalms, the exact scripture escapes me, we are told to Praise the Lord with all manner of music and instruments.
Folks, some of you have had some harsh criticism for the poster of this article that I find disheartening. I do not totally agree with this article, but we still can not escape there is a certain amount of truth contained here. Perhaps CCM artists would be better served to not perform secular songs during Christian Concerts. With that said I must say this, not every single secular song or band is ungodly and of the devil either. I guess what I am trying to say here is we need to use a little common sense.
In closing, what is wrong with God taking something the devil has meant for destruction and turn it in to something Holy and Godly? After all, that is what God does isn't it? He has done that to all of us who have named and claimed Jesus as Savior.