"Jesus is my Boyfriend" music
 

I'd read about this new phenomenon before (google it-believe me, you'll find a number of articles) but experienced it first hand with a song I heard today entitled My Romance.

Look at the way the flowers bloom for You
They want to show You their beauty Lord
Running waters dance, You and I romance

Chorus:
Unto You be all the glory.
Unto You be all the glory (repeat)

Bridge:
The angels dance around You
The earth it sings about You
Open up the heavens Lord
Let Your Kingdom come to earth

my praises all surround you
my soul can't dance without you
open up the heavens Lord
let Your kingdom come to earth

What say ye? Is it possible that some Christian music is getting too close to that line?

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What line? Maybe it is just the feminisation of the church we hear so much about. I really don't have a problem with the lyrics even though they are a little lame.

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I thought the song was mediocre. It was the whole , running waters dance , you and I romance that had me a bit uncomfortable

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panzie christianity.


eeek!

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I kinda like the NASCAR/beer drinking church culture of http://www.newspring.cc . Ain't no Pansies at this church.

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Jesus take me as I am,
I can come no other way.
Take me deeper into You,
Make my flesh melt away.
- Jesus, Take Me As I Am
By Dave Bryant


Your love is extravagant
Your friendship (mmmm) is intimate
I find I'm moving to the rythyms of your grace
Your fragrance is intoxicating in our secret place

Your love is extravagant
Spread wide in the arms of Christ…
- Your Love is Extravagant
By Darrell Evans


My Jesus, dream maker
My Jesus, life giver
I’m living under the kiss of heaven…
- Kiss of Heaven
By Darlene Zschech


That my heart, beats to the rhythm of Your heart
That my eyes focus on Your beautiful eyes.
- I Adore You
By Phil Wickham


I can't get enough of You
Cause I am in love with You
O How I long for You
Cause I am in love with You

It burns like blazing fire
It rises like a mighty flame
My greatest desire
To be sealed in Love.
- I Am In Love With You
By Darrell Evans


Oh Lord, you put a tongue in my mouth.
“You Put A Tongue In My Mouth”
by Ian Smalle


I need Your loving arms again
I need the warmth of Your embrace
Look into my soul again and set my heart aflame.
- I Need You
By James Choi


I’ll never, no never, I’ll never ever stop loving You.
My precious possession, there is no end to what we can do.
- I'll Never Stop Loving You
By Israel Houghton


I’m falling deeper, coming closer
I can almost hear You breathing.
- Im Falling Deeper (Surface)
By Lifehouse

Intimacy, O Jesus, intimacy.
My treasure will be, O Jesus, Your intimacy.
- Intimacy
By Matt Redman


You've taken my breath away
with your irresistible love
- Irresistible
By Darlene Zschech


And oh, how could I not be moved
Lord here with You
So have Your way in me
- One Desire
Hillsong Australia


I was made to worship and adore you—enjoy you
Put you on a pedestal and lay there before you
The more you do work in me the more I can’t ignore you
I’ve been in awe
Every since my inner man first saw you
- We Worship You
By The Ambassador

-from this website
http://forums.ccmmagazine.com/m_3814...tm.htm#3819762

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This a good song. I wouldn't describe this as a "Jesus is my boyfriend" song.

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I don't think there's anything wrong with these songs, but that's JMHO. I guess as a man, it would be a bit weird to sing some of them. I remember hearing one about "the kisses of your lips" and that was a bit much for me.

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The songs from the website I cited weren't songs I personally have any feeling about-in all honesty, I have not heard half of them. It was just something I found on Google that I thought would add to what I was saying

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This is part of the words we are singing from the song Love is Here

Come to the lover
All who want
and you'll want no more..


Kind of interesting-

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Question: what's the difference between these lyrics and verses from the Song of Solomon which are an allegory of Christ and the church?

Is it just phobia of singing intimate words or what?

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that is a amazing and simple website, their video ministry and music ministry is jaw dropping in its execution.

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This is kind of what I was thinking. God, Himself, uses some fairly intimate language to illustrate His relationship with us.....His bride. It's His idea, really. I think a lot of it, as long as the message is not anti-biblical, is a matter of taste. For instance, I don't do country and we don't "twang" @ NLC. As long as I'm pastor, we won't do that! Don't mean to be offensive....I don't preach against it, but that's not who we are and it's not who I am. :D

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Does anyone remember the song

Falling in love with him over and over and over and over again. It gets sweeter and sweeter as the days go by oh what a love between my Lord and I. - - - - -:thumbsup

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I'm laughing, really I am. Maybe I shouldn't be.

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I'm with Soldout on this one. Some of these songs are just a bit too much for me.

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I don't mind singing about loving God, or saying that I can sing of His love for ever, but this kind of stuff just emasculates the church and chases more men away imo

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Maybe it's just me too but there is one song we sing that I actually like...except for one part where a very deep voiced male sings and then it seems all the females in the praise team repeat what he says without the guys...since I can only hear female voices singing back up I honestly feel kinda stupid being part of some dudes female backup singers lol..

Sorry but it sounds limp

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I've heard this phrase "Jesus is my boyfriend music" before and it's really stuck in my mind. As I was reading through some of the lyrics to these songs (that I know and really like), I almost wanted to blush. They are a little "boyfriendy" aren't they? Don't know if that's really good or bad, but I can see where a lot of men aren't comfortable singing these songs.

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I don't like the "Boyfriend" genre at all, but I have to admit you do have a point. Unless of course SoS was never intended as allegory.

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Either way, I don't recall much "Song of Solomon type" praise in the Bible. It seems to me that most of the psalmists actually praised God in more majestic terms. Of course, I could be wrong, but that is more of the type of praise that I am attracted to. To me it's almost like how parents need to be parents and not their childrens' "friends"...I'd rather my relationship with God not be romantic and sensual in those terms.

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An excellent point.

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http://mattstone.blogs.com/journeysi...im-not-in.html

For the third point to make is a theological one. Jesus is not your boyfriend, not your fiance, and not your eventual husband.

By God's grace, Christians get to enjoy a wide range of relationships with Jesus. We are described in the New Testament variously as Jesus' slaves, Jesus' servants, Jesus co-workers, Jesus' friends, and even Jesus' brothers and sisters. Since the plural form of each of these is used, it is correct then for me to say, "I am Jesus' slave, servant, co-worker," etc.

But the New Testament never calls Christians Jesus' fiancees or his brides. Instead, it is the Church collectively, and only the Church as a whole, that relates to Jesus this way - just as individual Israelites did not relate to Yhwh as so many spouses, but only the nation of Israel as nation was his beloved bride.

So I'm not singing to Jesus that I'm in love with him, because I'm not. I love him, and I aspire to loving him with all my heart, soul, mind, and strength. But I do not aspire to being in love with him, and I'm sure he understands.

I wish our worship leaders and songwriters did, too.


Not sure if I agree completely with this article, but I found it to be an interesting perspective.

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From where I'm standing, I am in love with Him. Certainly not like with my wife, but I have no problem stating that I am in love with Jesus. I know what I mean and I don't mean that He is my boyfriend. That's just weird! I don't recall any songs we sing that are "boyfriend" songs. :D

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Me neither, but some of those he listed I don't see anything wrong with. It's just not a style we sing much.

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I love the Lord my God with all my heart, soul, mind and strength!
With passion and desire to know him deep.

Here is a loving Jesus song that I identify with.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P37g0...e=channel_page

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Some songs are sappy. Some people are just sappy. LOL!!!! Sappy people like sappy songs. It's a personality thing!!! :)

Also, the whole superior "vertical worship" trend is partly to blame. Folks are trying so hard to sing TO God, that sometimes it does come across like a cheesy love letter, and forget that it's just fine to sing ABOUT Him, or sing testimony style! :D

There are some songs, though, that I LOVE to sing or listen to when I'm praying. I agree that some songs go too far, but that doesn't mean all worshipful songs are "boyfriend" songs. I don't agree that "in love with Jesus" is inappropriate, either.

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How about this one...we can all get together, Ultra Cons, Ultra Liberals....build a camp fire and sing this
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3MvhhD6eKaY

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I was gonna post a Captain and Tennille song but they showed too much cleavage

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Me neither. Most of what I listen to is CCM and I enjoy it very much. The thread was sparked by the song that I posted first. :)

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Yeah, that Captain. You could hardly ever get the guy to keep his shirt on back in the 70's.

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I love this! probably more than the original version of this song.

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My daughter has a friend whose father is an executive with a major Christian recording label. This friend gave my daughter a CD compilation of some of the worst songs submitted for consideration to the label by amateur songwriters hoping for a break.

They were astonishingly bad. This thread made me think of one song in particular that was based on the scriptures that we "die with Christ daily". A big part of the song was a line something like "so KILL ME, KILL ME, KILL ME!!!!!!".

I have no doubt the songwriter was sincere but boy was it bizzare and in bad taste.

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Believe me it feels a bit weird singing those words but the rest of the song is great-Lol!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hGGanAZ2IwM

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I think perhaps they wish they could after hearing that song! :oops