Directory of Contemporary Worship Musicians - Way of Life Literature

and worship in a concert-like setting that you can FEEL.”e Ohana venue comes “complete with hula and island-stylemusic.” e Country venue features line dancing.School of RockUnder the Worship section of Saddleback Church’s web sitethere is a “School of Rock,” where you can learn to sing “likeyour favorite pop artist” and play guitar “songs by legendarybands.”is is “worship” of a holy God--Rick Warren style.e “Beyond the Blues” class “will take your blues playingto another level, along with classic blues licks by the masters.”ey forgot to say that the legendary rockers, pop stars, andclassic blues artists were and are drug- and alcohol-drenchedand their lives and music are morally filthy.Saddleback Rap VideoA rap video prepared for Warren’s Purpose Driven WorshipConference 2006 is one of the sickest things I have ever seen,and I have been researching the spiritually sick world ofCCM for many decades. It is by a rapper named Smitty and ismistitled “Filled with the Spirit.” It features a heavy sensualrap beat with the following lyrics:“Ohhhhhh, I’m filled with the Spirit; come gather round so allya’ll can hear it. Ohhhhh, I feel so amazing; can’t stop themusic; got my hands raising. Ohhhh, I feel this divinity;stronger than Samson; it is the Trinity. Calm me down I needthe tranquility; Satan try to stop me; you got to be kiddin’me. ... Uuhhhhh, now break it down ya’ll; uuhhhhh, now breakit down ya’ll; uuhhhh, uuhhhhh, now break it down, nowbreak it down, Old Testament style. Do the burning bush, dothe burning bush, now everybody in the crowd do the burningbush. ... e walls of Jericho, the walls of Jericho, make thebooty drop like the walls of Jericho [the rapper turns aroundand shakes his backside to the camera]...”Not only do the lyrics turn the things of Christ and life’smost serious issues into pure silliness and even descend into295