Listen to the Music!

It seems to me that in a society’s popular music there are several threads:
**songs that glorify rebellion against the norms and mores of society **songs that are love-songs about inter-personal relationships
**songs that are just written to entertain or make money (remember when there were no messages in the songs - just fun!! “Simon Says”, “The Name Game”
**songs that address issues/problems, either in society or in people’s lives.

Much of today's music is not what Christians need to feed their minds on, but adults need to be educated about what their children/teens are listening to. And if you’ll listen, you’ll experience a whole range of emotions:
**there will be some pleasant surprise as you find some of it isn’t as bad as you thought;
**there will be some nostalgia as you hear remakes of songs you listened to growing up;
**and there will be some shock as you discover some of it is worse than you thought.

Having said that, I have been interested for several years in what the music of the day says about our culture and the moral standards of our culture. And I have been interested to see that periodically the current prophets are crying for meaning and purpose in life, and the issues they bring up can be best addressed by going to the Scriptures for real answers.

During the next few weeks we are going to take some recent songs and see how the Bible addresses what the culture needs. In other words, let's take the music of our culture and use it as an opportunity to share the Truth of God's Word! We need to be able to communicate with this generation where they are living - answer the questions they are asking. I usually call this series "Listen to the Music", but you can call it "God on Your IPOD or mp3 player"!

Some of the songs on the "play list":
"Battlefield"
"The Climb"
"You Found Me"
"If Today Was Your Last Day"

Please email me any suggestions! See you Sunday at 11:00 a.m. at Open Door Community Church!