Directory of Contemporary Worship Musicians - Way of Life Literature

It is the words that make a song sacred, not the tune. ere areno spiritual tunes” (pp. 65, 66).is idea that music is neutral and that any music can beused in the service of the Lord, has opened the door for theworld to come into the churches, as few other things.ough the Bible nowhere says, nor even hints that Godloves all kinds of music, we are to believe that He doesbecause Rick Warren says so. His only evidence for thisoutrageous statement is his reasoning that since God“invented it all” He must like it all. Yet, where is the evidencethat God invented all music? Are you telling me that the deviland sinful men are not involved in the field of music? at isa ridiculous thought, seeing that the devil is called “the god ofthis world,” and music is one of the most powerful influencesamong men and particularly in modern culture. Sinful menhave used music since Cain’s children built the first societyapart from God and made musical instruments to satisfytheir carnal pleasures (Genesis 4:16-21).Styles of music are not neutral. Rock musicians havetestified that they play their particular style of rhythm for thevery reason that it is lascivious. Frank Zappa said: “Rockmusic is sex. e big beat matches the body’s rhythms” (Life,June 28, 1968). Gene Simmons says, “at’s what rock is alla b o u t - - s e x w i t h a 1 0 0 m e g a t o n b o m b , t h ebeat!” (Entertainment Tonight, ABC, Dec. 10, 1987).Note that they are not talking merely about rock music’slyrics and associations but also about its RHYTHM, thethumping back beat! ese men of the world believe there issuch a thing as a sexy rhythmic pattern. Rapper Missy Elliot’salbum, “Miss E ... So Addictive,” was described as “a seductivecocktail of quirky rhythms and hypnotic beats.”Why do these secular rockers describe their heavilysyncopated rock rhythms as sexy, seductive, and hypnotic?ey are saying that music is not neutral and that the heavyrock & roll backbeat and dance syncopations that can be288