Christian Rock

Rob_Skellington said:

Worship is the reason we sing praises, yes, but for me, rock has both entertainment value and the music expresses the joy of the lyrics I sing with rock music. The energy of the music doesn't replace joy; it expresses it.

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Well put.

People should be free to express praise through any music that they feel accurately expresses their attitude toward God.

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I'm currently working on a project of hymns and classic worship songs done in symphonic rock and folk-metal arrangements. Epic music for an epic God.

I like Jeremy camp, Switchfoot (Some songs) Fee, lifehouse. Softer rock. I don't like the hard rock.

To go on this whole 'entertainment' diatribe that's exploded recently...

Just because something is entertaining doesn't mean it isn't edifying, nor does it automatically mean it's somehow 'compromising' the underlying message. If something isn't engaging, people get bored. And when people get bored, they leave. All too often that equates to the idea that the only way to keep people from getting bored is to 'entertain' them...well, duh. The whole point of entertainment is to engage in something enjoyable in order to keep people's attention, but that enjoyment doesn't entail always talking about sunshine and roses or reducing the content being expounded to theological sputum. Or did we forget that people can actually enjoy learning and being challenged? So it's not the mere quality of something being entertaining that's wrong; it's when that gets prioritized over the quality of the message it's trying to deliver.

That said, I still don't care for P&W or CCM, or services that resemble rock concerts, but it's not from the 'church isn't for [whatever we mean by] entertainment' deal. I simply prefer traditional liturgy and hymns (along with the aforementioned issues with P&W/CCM's deficits in stylistic quality and lyrical/theological depth).

@Oyot27
Sorry but I don't agree. I don't condemn any style of music, far from it, but entertainment instead of worship? You said that it isn't so but then you claim that people leave when they get bored? I'm not sure you're talking about Church here.

If you like Christian Rock tho don't let me stand in your way. I will not condemn it, all I'm saying is that if it replaces worship then that worship has no heart to it and having entertainment instead of Godly joy (yes, even in Christian Rock) is like building on a sand.

Those are my 3 cents.

Enjoying good music does not replace worship any more than enjoying good food replaces nutrition.

How about enjoying classical music? Or for that matter, appreciating a beautiful painting or laughing at a funny joke? Do those things "replace worship"?