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Directory of Contemporary Worship Musicians - Way of Life Literature

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appeal to a secular audience, saying, “I believe in crossovermusic as long as you take the cross over.”In these matters we would certainly agree with Driscoll, buthe himself is committed to the syncretism <strong>of</strong> rock & roll withChrist and the dangerous, unscriptural ecumenicalphilosophy.“In the Nov. 23, 1987, Today’s Banner, Driscoll said: ‘I have feltin my heart for a long time that music was the power that Godwould use to transcend every denomination, every barrier thathas kept God’s people apart.’ His Make Us One was the themesong for the April 1988 Washington For Jesus charismaticrally” (Calvary Contender, January 1, 1989).Phil Driscoll’s spiritual confusion is evident in that hethinks God is the King <strong>of</strong> Soul Music:“We’ve had the mistaken impression for too long that somehowthe Creator doesn’t have rhythm. God is the King <strong>of</strong> Soul; He’sthe King <strong>of</strong> all rhythm” (Driscoll, cited by Dan and StevePeters, What about Christian Rock?, p. 187).To say that God is the King <strong>of</strong> Soul is to say that God is theauthor <strong>of</strong> the morally filthy world <strong>of</strong> 60’s soul music, which isimpossible. e author <strong>of</strong> backbeat driven pop music, with itslicentious, self-centered philosophy, is <strong>of</strong> not <strong>of</strong> the thriceholyCreator God but <strong>of</strong> “the god <strong>of</strong> this world” (2 Cor. 4:4),“the spirit that now worketh in the children <strong>of</strong>disobedience” (Eph. 2:2). If God is the King <strong>of</strong> Soul, where isthe devil’s music? Has the “god <strong>of</strong> this world” relinquishedone <strong>of</strong> the most powerful influences in modern society?English, MichaelPopular CCM singer Michael English (b. 1962) began hismusic pr<strong>of</strong>ession singing in Southern gospel groups.According to his biography, he became a Christian at ageseven “in a small but vibrant Pentecostal Church in Wallace,North Carolina” (“Biography,” www.michaelenglish.com/).Aer high school he toured with e Singing Americans and92

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