Is God Glorified in Contemporary Christian Music?
Hey everyone and welcome back to Deeper Roots.
One of the things that has been constant through the flow of all human history has been art and self-expression. Among those things has been a little something called music. People use music all the time to express the things they care about. Whether it is heartbreak and loss, or joy and love, or any intense emotion, people have been built to sing and dance and feel so such an intensity. And it’s an expression of something that only we as humans have been given.
Within song people have divided the medium up to different genres, one of which we are talking about today: Christian music, specifically modern Christian contemporary music. Why? Because in CCM’s history, there has been two sides debating on whether modern christian music is capable of glorifying God, and also which songs are good praise to God. The question of the week is “Is God glorified in Christian Contemporary Music?”. The way the original submission was worded was “How do we distinguish which contemporary christian bands actually honor God and which don’t?” And that is a valid concern, which we are going to talk about today. We talk about the trends of modern Christian music, we talk about what makes a Christian song actually glorifying to God, and a whole lot more.
Before I get into the episode, I will note that this recording actually went long. So we are going to cut this to two parts, one released this week, one next week. If you are listening later, then you won’t have to worry about it. But we will continue the conversation next week, right from the get go.
So if you don’t want to miss the second part of this episode, I encourage you to go ahead and follow the podcast! And if you know someone who is interested in Christian music, or maybe someone who isn’t at all, share this with them, maybe they can gain some perspective on their side. If you want to ask a question about something we talked about today, or just any question at all, I also encourage you to submit a question at www.ibbvn.org/deeperroots.
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