Directory of Contemporary Worship Musicians - Way of Life Literature

is is blasphemy. He sings that he has prayed for miraclesbut the only thing that could save him is some romanticsweetheart! Why would a professing Christian singsomething this unscriptural?English is perfectly at home in the wicked world of rockand roll. He toured as the “opener” for the secular rock groupForeigner, a group which flaunts God’s laws and glorifiesimmoral sexual relations.Aer letting his hair grow long, hanging out at bars, datinga stripper, and landing in jail (CCM Magazine, July 2000, p.29), English began making a return to Christian music in1997. In fact, he never really stopped producing Christianalbums or performing background for them. In 1995 and1996 he produced albums for the Gaither Vocal Band, eStamps, and e Martins. At the fall 1996 National QuartetConvention in Kentucky, English was invited to testify andsing and was given multiple standing ovations. When Englishwas introduced, famed gospel singer J.D. Sumner (of eStamps) publicly asked him “to forgive people’s judginghearts” (Biography of Michael English, http://www.michaelenglish.com/). According to Sumner, the greatsin is not so much English’s vile adultery against his wife orhis lies or his hypocrisy in performing and recordingChristian music even while living in such sin or his sensualrock music, it is the “judging” of his sin by others. is is yetanother illustration of the heretical non-judgmentalphilosophy which permeates Contemporary Christian Music.e Bible says the spiritual man judges all things because wehave the mind of Christ in Scripture (1 Cor. 2:15-16), butCCM rejects Scriptural judging, lumping all judging into thecategory of gossip.In February 2000, English entered a drug rehab program tokick an addiction to hydrocodone aer police began aninvestigation into possible illegal activities in this connection.ey found more than 80 prescriptions which had been filled96