It seems that I spend and inordinate amount of time being critical of contemporary Christian Music (CCM), according to some. They might be right. Perhaps I need to be more skilled at politely comparing today’s CCM with the classic hymns I am so find of, with their God-centeredness, deeper theology, roots in sound doctrine, and tendency to address the tougher aspects of our Christian lives we grapple with every day.

The title of this post is also the title of aa article published by the Christian Post that I read just this morning. The article discusses some issues I have also considered on occasion, while not talking about other issues that occupy this old brain.

The Christian Post article can be found at:

Christian Music Theology: Is It Going Bad to Worse?

The article also has a link to the original post that was published on the author’s blog at: The Harder Truths.

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P.S. There was one thing the author stated in his article to which I responded in the blog comment section:

Dan CartwrightAugust 13, 2023 at 6:28 AM

You make excellent observations in this article. You also seemed to say that true Christians can fall/run away and never return. You said “…, while it is true that a prodigal who has “run away” (as the account goes in Luke 15:11-32) can return, there is no provision for one who never returns. The bible warns about falling away (Hebrews 6:4-6) and denying our Lord (Matthew 10:33). We make our own decision whether to believe in and walk with Christ or not. Jesus himself warned His own disciples, “And whoever does not take his cross and follow me is not worthy of me” (Matthew 10:38).” How do you reconcile that with 1 John 2:19 “They went out from us, but they were not of us; for if they had been of us, they would no doubt have continued with us: but they went out, that they might be made manifest that they were not all of us.”

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