Music

Overview of the Issue

With many fundamentalists, music is a topic for heated discussion. A majority of fundamentalists teach against the use of contemporary orchestration in church. I’m not talking keyboards and violins, I mean guitars and drums. Such music is worldly, even Satanic. Classical music styles are preferred, and everything from Southern Gospel to Rap, Jazz and Country is frowned upon. Various Scriptural arguments are raised, but generally the argument comes down to such music being “of the world”. Christians should fill their minds with godly music, not that which Satan uses for his purposes.

I don’t want to downplay this issue. There are many good reasons for holding to a conservative music only position. But I don’t see this supported in Scripture. The fruits of modern Christian contemporary music reveal that such music is not Satanic. Rather it ministers to the hearts of multitudes of believers, and encourages them to live lives of faith. I conclude that modern music styles when coupled with decent lyrics are fine. And when coupled with Christian lyrics can be used to the glory of God in the church.

My Blog Posts on the Topic

One can view all my posts on the topic by clicking this link, but the major posts, where I hash out the details of this debate are listed below. Following those posts, I provide a list of recommended Christian music, as well.

The Music Debate

Are certain forms of modern music unacceptable for Bible believing Christians to enjoy or employ in corporate worship? This is the music debate. The posts below are my attempts to defend the discerning use of contemporary Christian music.

Music Recommendations

Many fundamentalists are simply unaware of how good many modern praise songs really are. They’ve heard a few shallow ditties and have written off the genre completely. Or they don’t understand that some of the songs are still worth singing when set to a more traditional accompaniment. Because of this I have tried to highlight the best modern worship songs available in hopes of encouraging more to use these Christ-centered, doctrinally rich, beautiful songs.