The lines are blurier
I was noticing a trend lately. First my friend in MN was telling me about how another friend Evan was complaining that Christian radio would play U2 songs covered by Christian artists (which aren't nearly as good as the original) but they won't play any songs by U2 themselves. Also I was reading on a post that some CCM band did a remake of Heaven by the Los Lonely Boys (which was also crappy) but not the original. And the list goes on. Let's face it you have to be sanctified by CCM to be part of the group. It doesn't matter if you are a christian or if your song is about your relationship with God. To get in you have to be part of the country club.
Honestly the most moving songs about God never got played on CCM. For example the song "Come to Jesus" by Mindy Smith never got a nod from CCM but it was the #1 song for 2004 on a very popular AAA station out of Nashville. And more people who don't care about God are listening to this song than anything by Third Day. Now tell me who is actually going out into the world with out being part of the world.
Anyway the Evangelical Ghetto has proven that it is doing more harm to the gospel than helping it not only by ignoring good God-honoring art but by putting out fluff.
Luckily there are followers of Jesus that don't care about pleasing the pulpit but care about pleasing God.
Ouch I trip coming done from by soapbox.
Honestly the most moving songs about God never got played on CCM. For example the song "Come to Jesus" by Mindy Smith never got a nod from CCM but it was the #1 song for 2004 on a very popular AAA station out of Nashville. And more people who don't care about God are listening to this song than anything by Third Day. Now tell me who is actually going out into the world with out being part of the world.
Anyway the Evangelical Ghetto has proven that it is doing more harm to the gospel than helping it not only by ignoring good God-honoring art but by putting out fluff.
Luckily there are followers of Jesus that don't care about pleasing the pulpit but care about pleasing God.
Ouch I trip coming done from by soapbox.
posted by Philthy | 6/10/2005 06:12:00 PM
1 Comments:
It begs the question, would Judy Collins' "Amazing Grace" (iTunes link) be a hit on Contempary Christian Radio today? Probably not.
I mean, we ignored the fact that the soundtrack to "O Brother, Where Art Thou?" had such great old hymns as "I'll Fly Away" (fantastic bass line in that one, BTW), and was a best-seller and Grammy winner a few years ago. We should embrace and extend the interest in old gospel hymns generated by that album, not shun it because it wasn't "done by Christians".
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