When I was growing up there was this huge debate going on in many churches about sacred and secular music. The thought was that any thing by an artist that was not a professing Christian could not be healthy or uplifting. This debate was so vigorous there were literally entire seminars devoted to the subject. People even told us that there were spirits attached to different chords that were played on certain instruments. I have admit that as a kid this kind of teaching led me to believe I would split hell wide open if my ears fell prey to the trapping of Secular Music.
As I have gotten older I have learned that just because a song was not written or performed by a Christian artist does not mean that I can't find God in the Music of our culture. Like Paul in Acts 17 as he stood talking with idol worshipping philosophers of his day in Athens and found there was a sincere heart in these men even if their practice of idol worship did not direct their passions in the right direction. Paul did not condone idol worship but he used this cultural reality to build a platform on which he could share his faith. I think that there is an awesome opportunity in our culture to find and share Christ in places once looked at as secular. Whether it is a U2 song or a movie can we not like Paul use these expressions of our culture to experience and share Christ!
Jason Whitehurst
Lead Pastor
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