Matt Papa is taking on Christian radio, raising concern about the type of music that is played. I resonate with much of what he shares, though as I read some of the Psalms, I am not sure he is entirely accurate in his assessment. In any case, I do hope that more people will stand for theologically informed, biblically rich music on the radio.
He writes, "As you might have gleaned from the title, what will follow will be a
hard, honest, word of rebuke. I have no idea if anything I say in these
posts will mean anything for the sake of change, but someone has to say
it: Mainstream christian radio is altogether banal and shallow in both
a musical sense and a spiritual sense. The songs are man-centered and
the DJ’s and radio programmers are man-pleasers…..they play the songs
that will attract the most listeners to their station, period.
Christian radio is like Joel Osteen in musical form….safe, happy, and
untruthful. It is the TBN of music…a large-scale, embarrassing
presentation of Christianity to the world."
Read the rest here.
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