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“Contemporary Christian Music (CCM)”
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March 1st, 2006

Dan Lucarini is a business man who lives with his wife Judy and their three children in Colorado. He has been a worship leader in several Evangelical Churches in the USA. He was also a rock music performer, arranger and composer. The following is a quotation from his book, “Why I left the Contemporary Christian Music Movement”.

I have shown from my experience that CCM’s acceptance into the Church came into being out of our self-indulgence and lusts, that it has been justified by deceptive arguments and that it is fueled by our desire for music that feeds our sinful nature. We have been deceived into believing that we can use any style of music in our Worship Service and that God accepts it. This is false! Our acceptance of this lie has harmed an entire generation of older Christians, has split Churches and is encouraging immorality, self-indulgence and divisive attitudes in the Church.

But the bottom line of all of this boils down to one thing. We have an active enemy called Satan and he wants to erode the effectiveness of the local Church from the inside out. So far, I think he has made excellent progress with music controversies. But I trust in the Lord Jesus Christ to expose this and help us to overcome it. I claim the promise of 1 John 4:4 “You are of God, little children, and have overcome them, because He who is in you is greater than he that is in the world.”

“The Paganization of Worship”

Dr. Jack Wheaton, composer and instrumentalist from his book “Crisis in Christian Music” says:

“Secular, pagan and even occult musical styles have crept into the Church, all dressed up with new Christian lyrics. Old traditional hymns – tried and true – have been thrown on the scrap heap of Church history. This is even more true with the recent influx of Purpose Driven Churches in America. Naively, pastors, music directors and younger members of the congregations have unknowingly embraced musical styles that can have spiritually negative effects on their listeners.”

“The Appeal of Rock Music”

Allan Bloom, a professor at the University of Chicago, in his book “The Closing of the American Mind” writes “Rock music has one appeal only, a barbaric appeal to sexual desire – not love, not Eros, but sexual desire undeveloped and untutored.”

He further states, “today a large proportion of young people between the ages of 10 and 20 live for music. It is their passion; nothing else excites them as it does; they cannot take seriously anything alien to music. When they are in school and with their families, they are longing to plug themselves back into their music. Nothing surrounding them – school, family, church – has anything to do with their music world.”

James MacDonald states “If you are to have any hope of claiming your kids for Christ, you must control who their friends are, control their music and control the internet.”

Mick Jagger of the Rolling Stones stated “its noise we make, that’s all. You could be kind and call it music”. In Psalm 40 the two words “horrible pit” literally suggest a “pit of music”.

Looking for His glorious appearing! Titus 2:13