Directory of Contemporary Worship Musicians - Way of Life Literature

“I started honing my cra in independent, fundamental,legalistic, wonderful and-I-thank-God-for-them Baptistchurches—not all legalistic, I take that back—but I wore mysuits and ties and my Jerry Falwell haircut…” (Ibid.).at was before Falwell became ecumenical and began tosupport Christian rock music, etc. In typical ContemporaryChristian Music style, Mark Lowry labels living standardsand ecclesiastical separation “legalism” —“Legalism is as sickening today as it was 2000 years ago. It’s justwrong. On my new video [Remotely Controlled], that’s onething I’m tryin’ to take a whack at. Legalism as I know it. And Ithank God for the churches I grew up in ‘cause that’s where Ifound Christ, but there was a lot of baggage there. It’s true ofevery church. God is probably doing something in most ofthem. Some people need a charismatic experience. Some needa Calvinist doctrine. And just about the time I think I’ve gotGod put in my box, just about the time I’ve got Him figuredout, He’s over there loving someone I wouldn’t be seen with,working through someone I wouldn’t associate with. I tellpeople at my concerts, ‘Isn’t that somethin’? We’ve gotCatholics, Presbyterians, Episcopalians, Baptists, andPentecostals all under one roof! And you know what?Somebody’s wrong!’ at’s why eternity is gonna last so long.God’s gotta straighten us out” (Ibid.).Lowry is correct in observing that there is a right andwrong when it comes to doctrine, but when he claims thatGod will straighten it all out in Heaven and implies thatdoctrine should not be divisive in this present world, he isignoring the Bible’s warning about false christs, false spirits,and false gospels (2 Cor. 11:1-4). (See “False Christs and FalseGods” in this Directory of Contemporary WorshipMusicians.)e Word of God cautions that those who follow a falsegospel are cursed (Galatians 1). It is impossible, therefore,that all of those mentioned by Lowry will be Heaven in thefirst place. Many follow a sacramental faith-works gospel.Many theological liberals in Protestant denominations are212