Trojan Horses, Golden Calves
Something is terribly wrong with the Christian music scene,
Which nowadays, often reflects a glitzy Las Vegas sheen.
We’re seeing Christian singers who’ve fans falling at their feet,
Excited by their idols; their worldly sound and modern beat.
These idols grace their CDs, (and the booklets placed inside),
Not the Lord of whom they sing, who such placement is denied.
However, God wouldn’t want His picture adorning such CDs,
As their pagan-Holy mix, our Holy God cannot please.
Jazz, Rock, Rap, Pop and Country seem the order of the day,
Displaying Christianity that’s embraced a worldly way.
God has always warned His people not to imitate the world,
And that secular and Holy they shouldn’t attempt to weld.
It’s clear that many Christians love the entertainment scene,
With all its glitz and glamour, and the stardom that is seen.
At the foot of this fact lies, one of the reasons why
A wrongful music fusion many Christian singers try.
Some want to have it both ways, but God clearly says, NO WAY!
For such simply dishonours Him, and Him will wrongly portray.
We’re meant to serve our Master, (who’s a Holy righteous Lord),
Not the world, or self within, or we’ll forfeit our reward.
Rock or pop style concerts, and croony cabaret displays,
The purity of the Gospel dilutes, assaults and betrays.
Thus, Christians shouldn't copy the world’s entertaining ways,
Nor mix secular with Holy, as confusion such relays.
It really doesn’t surprise me such in church is wanted too,
When Christians (during the week) wrongful worldly things pursue.
Once the world intoxicates those whom God has set apart,
It’s not long before we see they soon from His ways depart.
It seems that many Christians have sought out another calf,
Helped by compliant Aarons, (who just make the devil laugh).
And it seems a Trojan horse has passed through the Church’s gates,
With enemies in its belly after all that Satan hates.
Is Christendom becoming spiritually schizophrenic,
Has a Babylonic fusion now become systemic?
Is another golden calf being worshiped like before,
Has a devilish Trojan horse let dark forces out its door?
Now, isn’t it like the devil to revive apostasy,
Hence the many parallels with the past that we now see.
Just like foolish Israelites who demanded their own way,
Christians too, will pay a price, should they also wrongly stray.
"The end justifies the means" seems to motivate many folk,
But such humanistic thinking just apostasy will stoke.
Yes, many fires have raged due to a little ember,
Thus, Christians should take care, and the following remember:
Good that comes from something done, isn’t proof the right thing was done,
Though often, when wrong’s done, that it is proof, we see spun.
In spite of -- not because of -- is why good sometimes occurs,
For God -- out of wrong that’s done -- good somehow creatively spurs.
By Lance Landall
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Sources drawn from include —
"Music in the Balance" by Frank Garlock and Kurt Woetzel.
"Restoring True Worship" by Ruth Webb.
Recommended
reading — ‘Why I Left The Contemporary Christian Music Movement’ by Dan
Lucarini — Evangelical Press USA, ISBN 0 85234 517 8