you cant very well say you love jesus , then 5 minutes later complain that some of your tax dollars go to help the poor. it just doesnt work. one may say that conservatives give more privately than liberals do……. not sure if thats true or not……but even if it is……so what. the fact is you are still complaining that some of your tax dollars go to help poor people , and this is an attitude jesus would neither have had nor condoned. you simply cannot defend that position biblically.

or how bout the conservative stance on illegal immigration.? how can you say i love jesus but you know we really gotta send those illegals back home? if you are more concerned whether the tan skinned man in the factory working next to you has proper documents than you are with whether or not he can feed his family , youre not a christian at all! i could go on and on but this isnt my blog so ill respect this mans blog enough not to write too long a comment. but fact is most conservative positions cannot be defended biblically

So in church, the words of a song give it its “worldly” or “Godly” meaning.

If you know your hymns history a bit you will know MANY of them are written from old pub songs, because people knew the tunes. In those times people went to church regardless of how they lived their daily lives. Ive also seen letters from church members complaining about these blasphemous songs, songs like, “what a friend we have in Jesus” and “redeemed” etc because of the music.

If your playing secular songs, being sung with lyrics in church then i think that is wrong. Those artists do not write their songs for church, or with Christianity in mind. Nor are any of them Christians that go to church every sunday. As a worship leader you need to be careful of how you lead your team. And your church pastor is also doubly accountable for what goes on in your church. And you playing this kind of music is causing him to also be accountable.

At the end of the day you have to look at the lyrical content of the songs, and secondly if the songs genre of music is fitting for your people. Not playing metal in a church with older people, or singing old hymns with mostly youth.

Oh, what makes me able to be so forthcoming like this? I’m a worship leader in a church, im actually the ministry leader, and have been for the past year. I have been involved in this ministry for 7 years in the same church. Its a church many of you have possibly heard of, And my names not Thomas just to protect me.

1. As worship. I do not want to sound judgmental in any way, but when someone truly spends a lot of time practicing prayer I’m sure that they don’t run to hear “un-christian/non-worship” music. Songs are used for more than worship, they are also used for teaching. Most people learn their theology from songs not from preachings. So let us ensure that what they hear is constructive to their faith. You say, “I am allowed to do anything”–but not everything is good for you. You say, “I am allowed to do anything”–but not everything is beneficial. 1 Corinthians 10:13 With this verse in mind would we agree that if I listen to Mercy Me verses the Beatles my faith would be mostly benefited?

2. For evangelism. What Jesus Christ did to make the world believe was the use of miracles. Miracles. God’s power being manifested in earth. If we are holding steadfast to secular music as the key to bringing people, then something is terribly wrong. When people see the gospel in our actions, integrity, fruits, gifts, and miracles there would be no need for other ways to reach the lost.

Now before I get stoned, I am not saying that our church is doing this to its fullest but let us not deny the goal that we as Christians must attain.

GOD EVEN GIVES PEOPLE VOICES, TALENTS AND MUSIC ABITITIES,TOO.

HE IS THE CREATOR OF OURSELVES AND LIFE SO PEOPLE WRITE AND SING ABOUT IT.