Frequently Asked Questions
What About CCM?
Answer:
CCM is an acronym for Contemporary Christian Music. It is comprised of various categories such as Christian Rock, Christian Rap, Christian Hip Hop, etc. The one thing all of these have in common is that they are not Christian at all.
What is at the center of CCM is not Christ, but self. It is not uncommon to hear the modern Christian musician or listener express his or her feelings towards CCM as being the music that they like. Today, many professing believers think that they can worship and offer God what ever they choose. However, the Bible is full of examples of people who tried to worship God their own way and offer to God that which was not in agreement with his word. These worship the Lord in vain.
When I got saved in the 70's, it never entered my mind that I could take my devilish, sensual music and somehow transform it into something that I would offer to God. Hymns and spiritual songs were certainly not the style of music that I loved or enjoyed as a lost man. They had no appeal to the flesh.
Yet, this modern generation who are marked by being "lovers of their own selves" and being "lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God" think nothing of it as they put on their "form of godliness." It is also not uncommon amongst the CCM crowd to find them listening to their old devilish music as well. Some of CCM's performers even profess to get their inspiration from groups like the Beatles, etc. This Burger King generation is insistent that they do things their own way as they parade around in their paper crowns as paper kings.
We worship the Lord with traditional hymns and spiritual songs.