Former Christian recording artist and apologist Alisa Childers shares her thoughts on the current state of worship and contemporary Christian music (CCM). In a new video clip, she emphasizes that Christians must be insightful about many CCM songs and realize that “true worship is God-centered.”
Childers, the daughter of CCM pioneer Chuck Girard, sang with the Christian group ZOEgirl. The podcaster and author’s latest book is titled “Deconstructing Christianity: What It Is, Why It’s Destructive, and How to Respond.”
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In a clip posted to YouTube by Cross Examined on October 9, Childers is asked about the relationship between deconstruction and Christian music, and whether believers should be concerned about pop culture’s influence on the genre. .
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Childers, 49, responded by sharing some insight into the current state of the industry. The industry is really “just a business,” she said of the Nashville, Tenn.-based CCM record label. “It’s run like a business.[The labels]are owned by largely secular corporations, and upper management answers to that.”
As a result, Childers said: “In modern Christian music, there aren’t really any theological standards that people have to follow. That’s the only thing that really sells.”
The industry is giving the church what it wants, she added. “So they’re not necessarily writing from the perspective of, ‘Hey, let’s offer these theologically rich songs to the church,'” he added. They’re trying to get on the radio. ”
“I’m not saying all Christian artists think that way,” Childers said. “There are some really great people in this industry who are full of integrity and do really good work.”
She said most of the worship music used in churches today comes from labels established by major churches such as Bethel. “We need to be incredibly insightful and aware that not everyone who writes Christian music is Christian when it comes to how we approach Christian music without quotes.” ,” Childers said. “Don’t simply assume that just because something has a Christian label on it, it’s even inherently Christian.”
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Regarding the music that Christians should listen to, Alisa Childers says, “A lot of really solid Christian artists say, ‘Well, we don’t like being called ‘Christian artists,'” so they’re saying, ‘Well, we don’t like being called ‘Christian artists.’ “The gap between the two countries is complicated,” he said.
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She encouraged parents to listen to music and talk to their children about their worldviews, as many lyrics carry “very subtle messages.” Referring to Taylor Swift, Childers said the pop star’s latest album has “very sexual content” and that parents need to decide whether it’s something they want to influence emotionally on their children. He said there is.
