Directory of Contemporary Worship Musicians - Way of Life Literature
Directory of Contemporary Worship Musicians - Way of Life Literature Directory of Contemporary Worship Musicians - Way of Life Literature
Age teachings found in the Shah Kriza Yogi Meditationcult” (Christian Rock: Blessing or Blasphemy).e Earth Wind & Fire album Spirit pictures MauriceWhite and the other members of the band in a trance-likestate surrounded by pyramids. Earth Wind and Fire’s albumPowerlight promotes Hindu yoga.Franklin has no business messing around with such thingsand promoting such people (2 Cor. 6:14-18).Kirk Franklin is the blind leading the blind, and the spiritbehind his music is not the holy Spirit of God, the Spirit ofTruth and righteousness.Gaither, BillBill and Gloria Gaither are graduates of Anderson College,a Church of God school, and attend a Nazarene church. eyhave written some very popular and well-known gospelmusic, such as “He Touched Me,” “anks to Calvary,” and“ere’s Something about at Name.” Since the early 1990s,the Gaither’s Homecoming audio and video series hasdramatically increased the popularity of Southern Gospelmusic in this generation.Sadly, the Gaithers have used their vast influence topromote the lie that music is neutral and thus to encouragethe deep inroads that the world has made into SouthernGospel. ey have also promoted the “non-judgmental”heresy and the unscriptural ecumenical movement with itsdoctrinal tolerance and its lack of concern about doctrinalpurity.Gaither Believes that Music Is NeutralIn the 1980s Gaither bought into contemporary Christianmusic’s foundational premise that “MUSIC IS NEUTRAL”and that any type of raunchy music can be used to glorifyGod.During a concert tour in New England in 1986, Gaitheradmitted that he had changed his musical style due to the120
influence of the “world’s culture.” It is a clear example of theBible’s warning that “evil communications corrupt goodmanners” (1 Cor. 15:33). Gaither said he believes there is aplace for Christian rock, expressing his philosophy of musicin these words:“God speaks through all different kinds of art forms andmusical styles and musical forms” and the “format itself is notnecessarily spiritual or non-spiritual” (FBF News Bulletin,March-April 1986, p. 3).e following is an eyewitness description of the Gaither’sappearance at the Southern Baptist Convention in St. Louis in1980:“e Bill Gaither Trio entertained 15,000 Southern Baptistson Sunday evening with a musical program worldly enoughto make any true believer weep. e music was so loud thatsome people le and others put their hands to their ears toblock the intense amplification of the music” (Robert S.Reynolds, “Southern Baptists on the Downgrade: Report onthe 1980 SBC Convention in St. Louis,” Foundation, VolumeVI, Issue 1, 1985, p. 9).Gaither has increasingly used every type of rock rhythm inhis music. During the disco craze in the late 1980s, theGaither Trio even recorded a disco album (CalvaryContender, August 15, 1989).Bill Gaither has mentored many of the popular Christianrockers, including Sandi Patty, Russ Taff, Michael English,Carman, and the members of Whiteheart (CCM Magazine,July 1998, p. 20).For more about the neutrality of music, see the video seriesMUSIC FOR GOOD OR EVIL, available from Way of LifeLiterature.Bill Gaither and Rome: e Ecumenical PhilosophyBill Gaither has had an ecumenical philosophy from thebeginning of his musical career. In his autobiography “It’sMore an the Music,” he states that one of the fringe benefits121
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influence <strong>of</strong> the “world’s culture.” It is a clear example <strong>of</strong> theBible’s warning that “evil communications corrupt goodmanners” (1 Cor. 15:33). Gaither said he believes there is aplace for Christian rock, expressing his philosophy <strong>of</strong> musicin these words:“God speaks through all different kinds <strong>of</strong> art forms andmusical styles and musical forms” and the “format itself is notnecessarily spiritual or non-spiritual” (FBF News Bulletin,March-April 1986, p. 3).e following is an eyewitness description <strong>of</strong> the Gaither’sappearance at the Southern Baptist Convention in St. Louis in1980:“e Bill Gaither Trio entertained 15,000 Southern Baptistson Sunday evening with a musical program worldly enoughto make any true believer weep. e music was so loud thatsome people le and others put their hands to their ears toblock the intense amplification <strong>of</strong> the music” (Robert S.Reynolds, “Southern Baptists on the Downgrade: Report onthe 1980 SBC Convention in St. Louis,” Foundation, VolumeVI, Issue 1, 1985, p. 9).Gaither has increasingly used every type <strong>of</strong> rock rhythm inhis music. During the disco craze in the late 1980s, theGaither Trio even recorded a disco album (CalvaryContender, August 15, 1989).Bill Gaither has mentored many <strong>of</strong> the popular Christianrockers, including Sandi Patty, Russ Taff, Michael English,Carman, and the members <strong>of</strong> Whiteheart (CCM Magazine,July 1998, p. 20).For more about the neutrality <strong>of</strong> music, see the video seriesMUSIC FOR GOOD OR EVIL, available from <strong>Way</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Life</strong><strong>Literature</strong>.Bill Gaither and Rome: e Ecumenical PhilosophyBill Gaither has had an ecumenical philosophy from thebeginning <strong>of</strong> his musical career. In his autobiography “It’sMore an the Music,” he states that one <strong>of</strong> the fringe benefits121
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