Depends on the vibe of the soft ambient music, mainly. Soft ambient music can get very eerie sometimes.I would argue that there's much more to music than the lyrics. Imagine two situations:
1. Instrumental soft ambient music.
2. Instrumental technical death metal music.
Would they give the same effect?
You fear not. Why should I believe that is from the Holy Spirit rather than your flesh?Replace the lyrics with Bible scripture. Does it make it any less evil? I fear not.
I have never gotten a "works-based religion" vibe from Christian metal, personally.As an evangelical, I find myself considerably less comfortable with Christian metal, or any metal at all. Where's the grace in it all?
I never could quite put my finger on why I stopped listening to almost all music, except for the occasional smooth jazz with no lyrics at all, and for some reason the only thing I feel comfortable about listening too.
Maybe it has something to do with, though there are many things I would never recommend we just depend on feelings to figure out, I think like the OP, I just got uncomfortable with some things, and I ended up listening to those feelings. It wasn't something I made myself do either, it just sort of happened and I was fine with it.
As to Pop christian music, I never really got into it, and maybe that's because it didn't feel right...those feelings again that I hate to depend on...but maybe that's just how some things work. Since Christian music is a copy of the worlds music, and we are supposed to separate out selves from the world, maybe that's how the problem sometimes takes care of itself...with feelings.
I wish all sin were that easy to deal with, as in we just stop it without really trying because it didn't feel right. Or it just kind of took care of itself subconsciously with no real effort on our part..
Anyway, just some thoughts, nothing really concrete at all.
Depends on the vibe of the soft ambient music, mainly. Soft ambient music can get very eerie sometimes.
You fear not. Why should I believe that is from the Holy Spirit rather than your flesh?
I have never gotten a "works-based religion" vibe from Christian metal, personally.
Depends on the vibe of the soft ambient music, mainly. Soft ambient music can get very eerie sometimes.
You fear not. Why should I believe that is from the Holy Spirit rather than your flesh?
I have never gotten a "works-based religion" vibe from Christian metal, personally.
And why not?
Oh, please. I am not a fan of her music, but she showed us who she really is when she came out as a lesbian in a relationship.
Oh, please. I am not a fan of her music, but she showed us who she really is when she came out as a lesbian in a relationship.
(I do, which bothers me).
This I agree with.It's one thing to have gay/lesbian inclinations (I do, which bothers me), and it's another to openly flaunt it and be one with it.
What, like proof of the Illuminati on the dollar bill? It's destructive to people's reputations to read weird/bad stuff into them without real evidence, and destructive to the church itself.Yes, but that was later. If you know what to look for you can tell if they are legit before some "Scandal" happens.
I wouldn't count it out.
That will depend on what else you do with the song.I could also make a dark yet Biblically accurate lyric but it wouldn't be appropriate to call it a 'Christian song' of sorts.
Cast them into the lake of fire and watch them scream eternally
Begging for release from the flames that scorch them continuously
But the LORD turns His back; they already had the chance to turn
It is too late for the damned; forever shall their forsaken souls burn
E.g. and yes I wrote that on the fly.
That will depend on what else you do with the song.
He sows discord. That's exactly what faultfinding based on imagery which is open to interpretation does.A worthless person, A Wicked Man,
Walks with a perverse mouth;
He Winks With His Eyes,
He shuffles his feet,
He Points With His Fingers;
Perversity is in his heart,
He devises evil continually,
He sows discord.
Therefore his calamity shall come suddenly;
Suddenly he shall be broken without remedy.
• Proverbs 6:12-15
Yes according to YOU they don't. I don't see that with Jesus. You are wrong sorry. There is hope for the lost and that is the good news. Maybe you never knew that? You are talking like the Judge.I'm explaining to you that these people I'm referring to have done these things so it doesn't matter how "Christlike" and "loving" I am to them. They are psychopathic. They don't even have the ability to change.
You expose deceivers by exposing actual sinful deeds and false teachings, not by taking an eye wink and twisting that into a surefire sign of evil. The former is good, the latter is evil.And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather expose them.
• Ephesians 5:11
I'm literally obeying this scripture by exposing deceivers..
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