Friday, December 2, 2011

Finally, Christian Music Worth Buying…


I must confess.  I don’t like much of Christian music, especially Christian music in the vein of “worship music.”  My main critique of Christian music has been its often shallow and un-insightful lyrics.  While most of us spent our adolescent years trying to convince our parents that we paid no attention to the lyrics of the music we listened to, I scrupulously examined each cassette and CD jacket I purchased or borrowed.  I would spend hours listening to music, parsing every phrase seeking to understand the artist’s feelings, thoughts and beliefs.  I did this for secular and Christian music alike.  Most of the time, but admittedly not all of the time, the Christian music I encountered required barely more than a flimsy plastic shovel to unearth the pithy Christian clichés which are devoid of any real and sustaining meaning.  I mean no offense to you if Christian music from the 1990’s was a great means of grace for you, but for me, it almost poisoned me against the church.