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
Jesus.” is is foolish heresy. To say that the world doesn’tneed “my denomination” is to say that it doesn’t matter whata church believes, that any denomination is fine. And to saythat the world doesn’t need “my translation of the Bible” is tosay that it doesn’t matter what translation we use, when itmost assuredly does matter! What this world mostdesperately needs is the sound teaching of a translationallypureBible. What this world needs is the true Jesus, but theBible warns repeatedly and forcefully about false christs, andthe only way to know the true from the false is to have sounddoctrine taught from an accurate Bible, and this requires adoctrinally-sound denominational stance and a soundtranslation.In July 2012, Casting Crowns was one of the bands featuredat the 14th annual Lifest in Oshkosh, Wisconsin. Christianrock’s one-world church building enterprise was in full steamat this event. Other popular groups and artists participatingwere Switchfoot, Newsboys, Underoath, Building 429, NormaJean, Steven Curtis Chapman, Tammy Borden, Love & Death,and Disciple. 15,000 enthusiastic fans gathered to celebrateecumenical unity through the sensual power of rock & roll.Participants could choose from three worship services,including a Catholic Mass led by Bishop David Ricken, whoofficially approves of the “Marian Apparitions” at the Shrineof Our Lady of Good Help in northern Wisconsin. eapparition appeared to Adele Brise in 1859 and said, “I amthe Queen of Heaven, who prays for the conversion ofsinners,” plainly identifying itself as a demon, since the onlyQueen of Heaven mentioned in Scripture is an idolatrousgoddess that was condemned by the prophet Jeremiah (Jer.7:18). at Christian rock is intimately associated with suchthings is clear evidence of its apostasy.Casting Crowns is the blind leading the blind, and Biblebelievingchurches that are messing around with their musicare not wise.52
Chapman, Steven CurtisSteven Curtis Chapman (b. 1963) is “the most honoredChristian artist of the 1990s” (CCM magazine, July 1999, p.28).He is a member of the Pentecostal Christ CommunityChurch near Nashville, Tennessee. An article in Newsweekmagazine noted that “Christ Church in Nashville has thehottest choir in town, bar none, and the Pentecostal serviceon any given Sunday is liable to rock the pews” (“God and theMusic Biz,” Newsweek, May 30, 1994). e Christ Churchchoir performed “Put a Little Love in Your Heart” with DollyParton during the 1993 Country Music Association Awards.Lindell Cooley, the worship leader at Brownsville Assemblyof God in Pensacola, Florida, was in charge of music at ChristChurch before he moved to Pensacola and played the musicfor the wild-eyed “revival” that broke out there in ----.In the 1990s, Chapman “embraced high energy rock” andsome elements of rap (Moody Monthly, Nov. 1994). An articlein e Tennessean, September 21, 1996, observed thatChapman had “taken a radical le turn with his music.”Some of the songs on his 1997 Greatest Hits album wererecorded live at Abbey Road Studios in London, the studiowhere the Beatles recorded their albums. Why would aChristian desire to produce an album at the studio madefamous by an antichrist rock group which has influencedmultitudes of young people to reject the Word of God?Chapman says he tries to communicate a biblical worldview in a way that will not be “abrasively preachy” (HuntsvilleTimes, Huntsville, Alabama, Oct. 30, 1994). He says his questfor relevance has shown that the best way to communicate hisfaith is “not to preach fire and brimstone” (Ibid.).Contrariwise, the Lord Jesus Christ was very much a “fire andbrimstone” preacher (Mk. 9:44-48).e song “Lord of the Dance,” co-written by Chapman andScotty Smith, pastor of Christ Community Church, first53
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Jesus.” is is foolish heresy. To say that the world doesn’tneed “my denomination” is to say that it doesn’t matter whata church believes, that any denomination is fine. And to saythat the world doesn’t need “my translation <strong>of</strong> the Bible” is tosay that it doesn’t matter what translation we use, when itmost assuredly does matter! What this world mostdesperately needs is the sound teaching <strong>of</strong> a translationallypureBible. What this world needs is the true Jesus, but theBible warns repeatedly and forcefully about false christs, andthe only way to know the true from the false is to have sounddoctrine taught from an accurate Bible, and this requires adoctrinally-sound denominational stance and a soundtranslation.In July 2012, Casting Crowns was one <strong>of</strong> the bands featuredat the 14th annual <strong>Life</strong>st in Oshkosh, Wisconsin. Christianrock’s one-world church building enterprise was in full steamat this event. Other popular groups and artists participatingwere Switchfoot, Newsboys, Underoath, Building 429, NormaJean, Steven Curtis Chapman, Tammy Borden, Love & Death,and Disciple. 15,000 enthusiastic fans gathered to celebrateecumenical unity through the sensual power <strong>of</strong> rock & roll.Participants could choose from three worship services,including a Catholic Mass led by Bishop David Ricken, who<strong>of</strong>ficially approves <strong>of</strong> the “Marian Apparitions” at the Shrine<strong>of</strong> Our Lady <strong>of</strong> Good Help in northern Wisconsin. eapparition appeared to Adele Brise in 1859 and said, “I amthe Queen <strong>of</strong> Heaven, who prays for the conversion <strong>of</strong>sinners,” plainly identifying itself as a demon, since the onlyQueen <strong>of</strong> Heaven mentioned in Scripture is an idolatrousgoddess that was condemned by the prophet Jeremiah (Jer.7:18). at Christian rock is intimately associated with suchthings is clear evidence <strong>of</strong> its apostasy.Casting Crowns is the blind leading the blind, and Biblebelievingchurches that are messing around with their musicare not wise.52
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