Why I Left the Contemporary Christian Music Movement

The author, from personal experience, questions the use of contemporary music in worship and shows why he believes many churches have been deceived into using ever-increasing worldly methods. This honest, uncompromising spiritual journey into one of today's most deceptive problems in the church comes from the wise and experienced counsel of a one-time rock musician now determined to honor the Lord and seek reformation in the church.

For many churches today, music has become one of the most important factors in both their mode of worship and their attempts to reach unbelievers with the gospel. Writing from his own personal experience as a former worship leader, the author questions the use of contemporary music in the worship of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ and shows why he believes many churches have been deceived into using ever increasing worldly mans to "reach the lost." He has seen firsthand how an emphasis on music, and the ultimate move toward rock music in particular, has caused divisions in the church and turned the emphasis in worship away from the Lord only to accentuate ourselves.

This warm and heartfelt account is intended to highlight these dangers and to help churches that wish to reverse this trend to return God to his rightful place as the center of our worship.

ISBN: 978-0-85234-571-7
Dimensions: 5.5 x 8.5 inches, paperback
Pages: 144

Table of Contents

1. Saving butterflies from the storm
2. My story
3. The big lie
4. What is the true "heart of worship"?
5. I want my MTV!
6. Seducing the saints
7. Splitting churches
8. Isn't this just a matter of personal preference and taste?
9. Isn't music amoral?
10. But God made music—isn't all music inherently good?
11. Show me where the Bible says that rock music is evil
12. Doesn't the Bible teach we can use all things to reach people?
13. Should praise music be treated differently?
14. Didn't Martin Luther and the Wesleys use contemporary music in church?
15. Isn't CCM easier to sing than traditional hymns?
16. Isn't God using CCM to same and disciple teens?
17. Down the slippery slope of blended services
18. How shall we worship together?
19. How do we choose acceptable music for services?