Directory of Contemporary Worship Musicians - Way of Life Literature

is so unclear. It is blind mysticism. Delirious claims they are“gonna play redemption hymns,” but there is no clear gospelpresented in these songs. e name of Jesus Christ is not evenmentioned in the song. When “dancing generation” ismentioned in the context of the type of hard rock musicwhich Delirious plays, it refers not to something spontaneouslike David did before the Lord but to something carnal andworldly. It doesn’t refer to being moved by the Spirit of Godbut to being moved by powerful backbeat music. e worldwould not have appreciated what David did, but the worldloves the type of dancing associated with rock & roll.e Delirious song “All the Way” is even stranger. Considerthe carnal terminology these rock musicians use to describetheir relationship with the Lord Jesus Christ:“Come close to me, too close for words/ And still my beatingheart/ I find your thoughts without one glance/ We’re going allthe way … With you I’m washed as white as snow/ And allcrimson stain becomes just a shadow/ You know I would beblind without you/ So light up my way to find my way homeagain/ Today, today, today, we’re going all the way.”Secular rockers sing songs like this about their sexuallovers. I believe it is blasphemous to speak like this of theChristian’s relationship with Christ. Bands like Deliriousknow what they are doing when they use lyrics like this. eyare playing both to Christians and to the world. It is theworldly “crossover” philosophy that allows them to havebroader appeal and larger music sales.Consider the words to the title song, “King of Fools” —“Walking with you/ Blindly follow out upon the/ Water runsdown/ You’ve become the very best of friends/ I’ll live for youand try to be the king of fools/ I’ll long for you and walk beforethe king of all. Joy has found me/ Living life without you wouldbe/ Hell or heaven/ Soon we’ll find the greatest king of fools.”Contemporary Christian Music fans might argue that Isimply don’t understand the terminology used by thesegroups. I would reply that if a message is not plain it can be83