Comments on: Christian Radio

By: Sam

Sam — Fri, 03 Apr 2020 15:27:10 +0000

I agree with that K-Love is in general a positive thing, to an extent it will be a light in this dark world pointing people in his direction. I think the first time I felt the Holy Spirit might have been listening to a vague struggle in a repetitious song. (Satellites and Sirens was the group https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satellites_%26_Sirens) I knew the “voice” behind the songs somehow was different. It created a different spiritual reality…is there a gracious loving God behind these “softer” lyrics? Thankfully, I know the answer is yes. It was a step amongst many in my testimony. So in this sense, it could do well and the effects remain unseen until they bloom. I can say today, that the people creating the music belong to a different world with a different heart and a different king. That says something. Let the previous listeners find out!! I know those repetitive lyrics aren’t the gospel, and listening to them doesn’t make you a Christian on face value, but it gives a taste of what the some of the fruits could be. To that effect…

It’s just a radio station, it can’t provide the listener with the fullest benefits that being connected to a church can such as A) fellowship B) the gospel C) biblical teaching D) discipleship E) serving God in union, F) accountability/rebuke, etc. So in that sense, it can’t meet all spiritual needs regardless of the gender of the listener.

I like your lyrical analysis, very simple script, and creative. I get your point (and I agree, my ears want more). However, to play the other guy, the Pslams (individually) can be repetitive also (Ex Psalm119), but on the whole, they absolutely give you a better spectrum of human expression, unfiltered pain, etc. Collectively, they are excellent and varied!

Skillet could be a good alternative to listen to…one of my favorites!

Thanks for your thoughts on this topic.

By: Ben

Ben — Tue, 31 Mar 2020 16:37:31 +0000

There’s a book I read recently called “Why Men Hate Going to Church”. You are correct that a lot of men are dropping out and have been for decades, but the “man up” solution isn’t going to work. That’s a typical feminist argument: “Men are the source of our problems” followed by “We demand that men fix them”.

Men step up to lead when they are needed and respected. Women will follow. The reverse is not true.

I’m not actually sure of the difference between P&W and CCM, but to me it’s fairly close, the same music everyone does in church now or tries to imitate.

Interesting observation that a lot of it is anti-anxiety, but I think that’s a bad thing. If we want to be less anxious, we need to trust in God and get to know him how he really is, not sing about anxiety all the time.

That’s in general, of course, I don’t mean the medical problem, necessarily. I’m not a doctor 🙂

By: Jim Bures

Jim Bures — Tue, 31 Mar 2020 16:10:54 +0000

So, you don’t like K-Love? Ha ha. I think that you are right about the nambly-pambly nature of the music. But I also think that the reason the station is geared toward women is that men aren’t interested in Church, not because they don’t find what they need there. If men stepped up and led, a lot of Churches wouldn’t be all women.

I think that K-Love is considered CCM, not P&W. But that is an aside.

I do like K-Love music, but what I have noticed about the music is that it all seems anti-anxiety. Anxiety is the most common mental problem in America. The songs all seem to be about how, if you believe in Jesus, you don’t need to fear. If that is so, then how come all the K-Love songs are about anxiety? If the listeners trusted in God so much, they wouldn’t feel anxious.

I struggle with anxiety, by the way, so I don’t have a solution.