Soothing Ourselves to Death

Charles Colson wrote a must read article in the April edition of Christianity Today about Contemporary Christian music. The article is entitled "Soothing Ourselves to Death - Should we give people what they want or what they need?"


Here's an excerpt from the first paragraph:

When church music directors lead congregations in singing contemporary Christian music, I often listen stoically with teeth clenched. But one Sunday morning, I cracked. We'd been led through endless repetitions of a meaningless ditty called "Draw Me Close to You," which has zero theological content and could just as easily be sung in any nightclub. When I thought it was finally and mercifully over, the music leader beamed. "Let's sing that again, shall we?" he asked. "No!" I shouted, loudly enough to send heads all around me spinning while my wife, Patty, cringed.

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