[Kenny Bunkport]

Much of the contemporary music is great, but a lot of it is sentimental slop. I became a Christian in college, and attended a Baptist church where the worship music was from the hymnal, and I was exposed to the compositions of Isaac Watts, Charles Wesley, and Francis Ridley Havergal. A lot of the music in the hymnal was sentimental slop too, but much of the contemporary music amounts to "Jesus is my boyfriend, I love him so...", and this makes me cringe. A worship service shouldn't make people cringe.

[JamesP81]

Much of the contemporary music is great, but a lot of it is sentimental slop. I became a Christian in college, and attended a Baptist church where the worship music was from the hymnal, and I was exposed to the compositions of Isaac Watts, Charles Wesley, and Francis Ridley Havergal. A lot of the music in the hymnal was sentimental slop too, but much of the contemporary music amounts to "Jesus is my boyfriend, I love him so...", and this makes me cringe. A worship service shouldn't make people cringe.

I've noted similar things. There are some contemporary songs that speak to me. Days of Elijah is a good example. But some of that old music speaks to. When I Survey the Wondrous Cross is a good example.

Then there's contemporary music that makes me want to hide under the pew. We could do without a lot of that stuff. Alas, my old campus ministry when I was in college is hooked on some of the worst of that breed.