Directory of Contemporary Worship Musicians - Way of Life Literature

can hear that not all Christian music is cheesy” (Sonny, POD,HM magazine, May-June 1998, p. 48).In the minds of these musicians, traditional Christianmusic is “cheesy.” ey repeated that sentiment in aninterview in October 2002 with Hwee Hwee Tan ofSingapore. Wuv said, “Christian music is the cheesiest music.”When asked if there was even one Christian rock group thatthey liked, the members of P.O.D. replied, “Nah!”us, they flippantly dismiss God’s command to sing“psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs.” ey think that theworld can be drawn to Christ by a vaguely “spiritual” messagedriven by sensual music.In fact, P.O.D. doesn’t have to worry about people judgingthe gospel preached through their songs, because it isn’tthere. Note the following three examples of their lyrics:“I see you people babble on and on and on graven/ Images,golden idols and false icons I’m seeking/ Wisdom like Solomonbut my antennae keeps on/ Picking up evil transmissions atheadquarters I/ Receive my mission blow up the ruler of the air(Eph 2:2)/ Like nuclear fission so I analyze my weapons laser/Guided rifles that shoot spiritual wisdom I think I see/ Enemywarriors fragile heathens tryin’ to run stuff/ Like mayors sowith brotha’s that snuff punks I set up/ Time bombs to destroythe strongholds of babylon” (P.O.D., “Breathe Babylon”).“What’s the problem son? You said you wanted some/ Butwhen I started rocking POD got the job done/ My Lord saidhard, hard is how you hit ‘em/ One blow with the mic and thequickness is how I get ‘em/ Alternative thrash can you dealwith it?/ Funk and groove with a hip hop feel to it/ Giving youa style with a different kind of sound/ So keep on rockin evenwhen we bring it down/ Bring it down, bring it down, bring itdown ya’ll/ Bring it down, bring it down, bring it down/ Bringit down, bring it down, bring it down ya’ll/ But don’t changethe funky funky sound” (P.O.D., “Can You Feel It?”).“Rhythmically moving, Emotions are rising./ Quivering tomusic, Trembling bodies in song./ Go unsteadily sliding,devious gliding./ So beautifully sailing and floating on./ Life's251