Apostolics and Secular Music

[BrotherEastman]

Originally Posted by obriencp

In all sincerity, we praise God you were saved from the world. That's a great testimony to be able to share. It's prob a good thing that you choose to abstain from what the world, and some churches, offer musically as it reminds you of the past.

Christian rock is one of the tools of outreach, not necessarily the best tool. Whether or not it's "wonderful" is subjective. I cannot offer proof of anyone being saved at a Christian Rock concert, but that doesn't mean it doesn't happen.



Do you care to address how other forms of music have evolved and how there was, undoubtedly, resistance from the religious cons of the time? I know it would be difficult to do discuss this as there probably isn't a historical account. However, this doesn't detract from my argument that there is change and not all change is bad. If you listen to classical music, some is sacred some is secular, but it all sounds like classical music. If that was the popular music of the time, what separated it? The subject matter or lyrics made the music fall into one category or the other. The same is true today. There are similar instruments, beats, chord progressions, electronic aids, etc in both sacred and secular music. The subject and lyrics is what separates them into the two categories. The music we hold as pure and holy today, has evolved from things viewed as worldly and "evil" in times past.



I did peruse this page and it's very informational. People are people and even saved folks make mistakes. I doubt most will take the time to research all the artists they like and see where they stand doctrinally and examine every facet of their life for sin. Do we stop singing "happy birthday" because the person who wrote it might have been a sinner?

If you want to reject some genres of music because of personal conviction, I understand. But if you're going to make blanket statements about christian rock and it helping young people to be lost, then maybe you should stop listening to anything written/performed by people that aren't OPs or have ever sinned. This will eliminate everything ever performed unless you have original transcripts from the heavenly songs John heard during his revelations.

yeah, PERUSE the link, I wouldn't actually want you to learn anything.