Wednesday, January 14, 2009

A Christian musician should glorify God and not himself


All true Christian musicians must not make the mistake of taking the glory away from God. Here are some disturbing things that are happening:

Dallas Morning News, on their April 27, 1996 issue described DC Talk’s "Freak Show" concert:

"As teenagers’ shrieks filled the Dallas Convention Center moments before dc Talk took the stage Friday night, one of the relatively few grown-ups in the sold-out crowd observed, ‘This is just like the BEATLES.’"

Here’s another one from a christian magazine.

Inside Music, in its January/ February 91 issue, describes a Smith concert as:

"His concerts draw hundreds of thousands of fans each year, mostly teenage girls who scream out their AFFECTION FOR HIM non-stop throughout. . . . To his fans, Smith is the absolute greatest there is, BAR NONE . . ."

Notice something wrong?

The glory and praise are being showered on men rather than God. I’m not trying to criticize Mr. Smith or DC talk. It is just that we need to refocus Christian music as something that is only for God.

Here is a reminder from Matthew 16:23

"But he [Jesus] turned, and said unto Peter, Get thee behind me, SATAN: thou art an offence unto me: for thou savourest not the things that be of God, but those that be of MEN."

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