Does anyone listen to contemporary Christian music at all?

For example...

Casting Crowns
Nichole Nordeman

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Ryan
1689 London Baptist Confession

demon spawn !!!!!

jk

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Frank
member/Reformed Baptist Church, NJ
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Titus 2:13
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I do. Like k-love and such

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Doug Wilson
Hemet, Ca
First Southern Baptist Church- SBC

I haven't listened to much of it in recent years but IIRC those were two artists that are pretty good.

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Chris Poe--Attending Grace Community Baptist Church, Mandeville, LA

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Brave Saint Saturn....

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Matthew Glover
Reformed Presbyterian Church of Australia

Jars of Clay

Some Switchfoot, Derek Webb, Caedmon's Call . . . and a few others, but those are often limited to just a song or two (i.e. Skillet has one song that I like).

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What about Allison Krauss' Christian music?

I don't listen to much, because most that I've heard is filled with mediocre musicianship and shallow songwriting.

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Yeah! How about the Issac's?

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As somber as your posts sound lately, you could benefit by listening to some uplifting music of some sort off and on throughout the day. That's your call figuring it all out.

Extol are one of the better bands out there that I listen to, Undeceived was pretty much the perfect album in my books.

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Vaughan
BTh Student, Sydney Missionary Bible College
Naremburn Cammeray Anglican Church
Sydney, Australia
The Ransomed

Oy Vey........

Nope, not going there again.. except to say.........


Calvin's Geneva Psalter tunes, I have read was based musically, mathematically, diatonially and notationally on the Gregorian Chants which in turn was based on the Jewish Synagogue and Temple music to hence we come to the closest possible inspired music for the Psalter...

Michael

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I really enjoy Alison Krauss' music but I avoid her Christian music (by skipping to the next song).

If I want to listen to Christian music I will listen to Mozart's 'Requiem' or Allegri's 'Misere Mei Deus' or Tallis' 'Spem in Alium' or hearty Psalms and Hymns.

NO CCM thank you!

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Casting Crowns, Salvador, Third Day, Jeremy Camp, et al.

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Jeff Wyman
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Little Farms Chapel OPC, Coopersville, MI
Puritan Reformed Theological Seminary, Grand Rapids, MI

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That Derek Webb guy is pretty good. There's this prog-rock guy named Neal Morse too... not really CCM though.

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Brad
Member of Redeemer Church

Trevor:

I am not going to argue with you because that is not what this thread is about. I will clarify my statements, however, by noting that I was stating an opinion not an argument.

non sequitur

I enjoy contemporary Christian music, with limitations. I don't indulge in bands like Sonic Flood where their praise songs [i]to[i] God are rocky and shout'y. However, I don't have a 100% problem with rock music, just Whom it's directed to.

Favorites: Mercy Me, Caedmon's Call, Avalon, Jeremy Camp, & Third Day. But, just like many of my believing friends...I don't like everything about these artists' theology or approach. However, I don't doubt their heart.

Blessings to all,

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Vancouver, WA
Hillcrest Chapel (non-denom.)
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Trevor:

I shouldn't have put that non sequitur phrase in my reply. That was sarcasm and admittedly, I was (probably?) baiting you. Please forgive me.

Thanks for the graciousness of your reply.

Ok, I'll just hate "Christian contemporary"* music because it's untalented and corny performed by hacks who don't even try to mask there pathetic attempts to imitate / completely copy the world's music.

As an atheist I enjoyed mocking the sad "Christian" music scene and their shameless emulating of the world's music.

As a believer its just simply embarrassing.

Listening to some "Christian" knock-off of Nickelback makes me . Lame contemporary Christian music's philosophy = Replace all the cuss words with Christ's words and voila...instant cash machine.


*defined by the tripe heard over all the popular FM channels in every State.

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Presbyterian Reformed Church of Charlotte
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Any CCMusician trying to "contemporize" psalms? I am getting pretty tired of the shallow lyrics...

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Polo
Layman, Chinese Evangelical Church/Independent
San Diego

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Heresy! Anything after the 18th century is trash. Trash I tell you!

(Well, except maybe Brahms on occasion. And maybe Mozart, but I wouldn't think of his music as Christian. And there's Cesar Frank, but he was a Romanist. . . .Olivier Messiaen is 20th century so he's sort of contemporary. He was a Romanist and weird to boot, but I like some of that stuff too. . .wait, Duruflé is modern and he has some good stuff. Agh! There are contemporary composers I like!)

I know absolutely nothing about CCM except I once read about Amy Grant on a fundamentalist website. That's how I keep up with culture.

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R.Vic Bottomly
Providence Reformed Baptist Church, Tacoma, WA

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I have XM radio in my car and listen to the christian channel at times between audio books when I don't want to start the next chapter yet.

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Kenneth Murphy
Covenant of Grace Church - Member
St. Charles, MO

I love CCM! You know, Sweet Comfort Band, The Resurrection Band, 2nd Chapter of Acts, Larry Norman, Phil Keagy, Michael Omatrian etc.

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Back when I had recently become a Christian I was still listening to the rock music I grew up on but felt increasingly tired of it and wanted to listen to something more "Christian." By sheer accident (which is to say by God's Providence) I turned on a TV station that I normally didn't watch and saw some Christian music videos. I saw Steven Curtis Chapman, Delirious? Third Day, Three Crosses, Jars of Clay and many more. It was exactly what I needed.
I have to admit much of CCM is terrible, has lousy singing/lyrics but some of it is good and it weened me from rock music and nothing else could have.

I lalso like Michael Card and DC Talk.
In response to JOwen if you go to SDGB and find Discovery house music and scroll down you will find a CD entitled David Ordinary Man. It features singing by Clay Crosse, Bob Carlisle, Russ Lee, Steve Camp and Greg Long, and they sing paraphrases of the psalms. It is not great but I have found it to be enjoyable. There is also the Sons of Korah. I have not bought any of their music but I have heard a few snippets of their music and they sound interesting.

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Diane
There is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus. Romans 8.1
Trinity Reformed Presbyterian Church (RPCNA)
Beltsville, MD

What? No Zombiegutz???



Much of CCM stuff is terrible (and man-centered). But I agree, we shouldn't write all of it off. I'm more interested in the lyrics and correct theology than the style.

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