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And a lot, if not most, of these praise songs come from dubious sources such as Bethel Church in Redding, California, Hillsong Church based in Australia, Passion City Church in Atlanta, and Elevation Church in Charlotte, North Carolina.

Look these places up and you’ll find they’re megachurches led by charismatic “pastors” who have their hands out for money and are duping gullible congregations. Look up Bethel Church’s “apostle” Heidi Baker. Watch the YouTube videos of her “impartation” services at Bethel which are disturbing and depressing. Listen to Bill Johnson of Bethel Church at a Hillsong megachurch appearance flat out deny the deity of Jesus Christ.

These people are evil heretics and the money churches are funneling to them in licensing fees to use their music is financing their operations. Pastors who have become aware of these imposters are banning their music from their churches

Elevation’s whack job pastor faked “spontaneous” baptisms at his church. Bill Johnson claimed angel feathers and gold dust fall during his services as signs of the presence of the Holy Spirit. The “gold dust” spewed from the ventilation system is the kind of stuff you buy in a craft store. His spaced out youth pastor said an enormous angel that he encountered upstairs at the church spoke to him and assured him he was protecting church finances. The guy admitted online he has a history of heavy drug use. His brain is fried as a result. Johnson’s wife claimed she encountered giant angels in the Mojave Desert who were sleeping. She woke them up, she says, by shouting, “wakey, wakey!”

Do a Google search and find who holds the copyright for most of these praise songs. It’s Bethel and Hillsong, primarily. Do a search of Brian Houston of Hillsong. His outfit is simply a money-making machine and he’s been raking it in for years. Australian television has done in-depth investigations of his racket. Check them out on YouTube. If your church is using this music and supporting these heretics you should stop immediately.

Hymns have been vetted and used for generations and are based on sound doctrine and scripture. They have depth and richness and they were written for congregational singing, not as performance pieces for wannabe rock stars who imagine they’re standing before the enormous, mesmerized crowds that pay large sums to attend the megachurch concerts.

Watch the YouTube videos that ridicule these stupid, vapid, juvenile praise songs. They’re all over the Internet. I find this inferior contemporary praise music with its endlessly repetitive lyrics embarrassing and repulsive. I refuse to sing it.