Friday, July 31, 2015

CCM -- Long on Inspiration and Short on Instruction


Contemporary Christian music, in particular, is long on inspiration and short on instruction.  Most of the popular choruses that are making the rounds today are simple lyrics of praise that, when at their best, pin-point a single truth which is repeated in one form or another throughout the song.


Gary E. Gilley and M. Kurt Goedelman, “I’d Like to Teach the Church to Sing,” Personal Freedom Outreach’s The Quarterly Journal, July-September 2015 (Vol.35, No.3), pg.13

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2 comments:

  1. Steve BrickerJuly 31, 2015 at 10:18 AM

    Well said. The most common defense of CCM is that there are biblical phrases being used. What the interlocutor does not understand is that no reasoning is given for why the phrase is true in the context of Scripture.

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  2. aliJuly 31, 2015 at 10:44 PM

    Thankfully, our church sings the old gospels using a hymnal. We are indeed blessed.!!!

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