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CONTEMPORARY
CHRISTIAN MUSIC
LAMENT
Tom Bonvie
The
Devil has a new
hit record on
the
charts....it's
called
NEUTRAL...but it
isn't going
anywhere. Try
as he may, he
can't get it in
gear. And no
wonder, its
drive shaft is
broken. All it
does is "idol".
The reason
being...because
if you are truly
a Christian,
sooner or later,
you will come to
your senses and
realize your
immobility. You
are caught in a
virtual
cataclysmic
vortex that is
spiraling you
out of communion
with God.
Many
of the once
traditional
Bible-believing
churches,
especially of a
Baptist nature,
have
fallen away into
new age trauma
and ecumenical
confusion. It
might even be
labeled as
"diarrhea of the
heart", (soul
bleeders) who
have
re-fashioned
what was once
the Rock of
Ages to the new
age of Rock.
I
recently
witnessed on the
tube a confused
mass of young
people at a
Christian rock
concert being
indoctrinated by
a group of
rockers whose
slogan was
"Don't Skillet,
Kill It". They
were, at least
from this
person's
perspective,
filled with an
unknown spirit.
They possessed
more drums than
brains....also
the usual
montage of
tattoos, along
with the acidic
vocal frenzy of
a re-incarnated
Jimi Hendrix,
all you'd expect
from a sloppy
revival of
Woodstock. I
might say I was
concerned at the
outset, however,
that was until
the emergence
of the
producer, the
lack-luster
FRANKLIN GRAHAM
(Billy's little
boy), whom I
might add was
dressed for the
occasion which
took place at
ROCK THE RIVER
in Calgary,
Alberta.
Was it
multi-denominational?
You bet your
botox!
Somebody
once said
somewhere..."What
you win them
with is what you
win them to."
Sounds
reasonable (but
not godly).
Is
contemporary
Christian music
really NEUTRAL?
Sure, he
said...just like
it was in the
era of silent
films. (remember
the romping
piano in the
background)
Music,
like any other
mind altering
sensation, sets
the mood. And
you don't even
have to go to
the Bible to
understand
that. If I want
to initialize my
charm before my
wife I will
build the mood
with a
classical
standard.
Likewise will I
use other
mind-altering
melodies to hype
or deflate the
situation at
hand.
I could
go on and on,
but for now I
will leave you
with some
scripture
references to
hopefully awaken
your mind to the
fact that God is
Holy and will
not be mocked.
In
Psalms 13:6,
27:6, 66:2,
98:1, 104:12,
Proverbs 29:6,
Isaiah 23:16,
24:14,
Revelation
15:3....etc,
etc... The beat
goes on...or
does it?
I would
continue, but
I'm not in the
MOOD right now.
Perhaps some
music might
help.
Tom
Bonvie
tillhecomes@sympatico.ca
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