Contemporary "Worship"
Wherever it is in the world, the Catholic Church can be likened to a chameleon – always seeking to be popular by blending in with and borrowing from the local culture. This has happened in the USA as Catholics have embraced the tacky “contemporary worship” found in a lot of churches today.
Sadly, many evangelical and Protestant churches have abandoned solid bible teaching and godly, reverent worship, and now seek to attract and retain crowds by using rock-n-roll, what they euphemistically call “contemporary worship.”
And – the Catholic Church has noticed the large crowds this music brings. Ever the chameleon, Rome is now using this garbage to attract crowds! Such an example was reported on in the May 16 Catholic Universe Bulletin, the newspaper of the Diocese of Cleveland, Ohio, in an article titled, “Rocking the House.”
On May 4 outside the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in downtown Cleveland, the Cleveland Diocese sponsored an event called “Real Music.” Hundreds of Catholic youth attended this as various bands competed for the chance to play at a Catholic event this coming August. Some of the groups included:
1. For My Escape – described as a “hard-rocking, head banging group who got the energy level up right away.”
Comment – Does Christ accept hard-rocking, head banging “worship?” No.
2. Christian Spirit Band – “a mesh of south-of-the-border sounds, with a positive message and a fiesta mood.”
Comment – With Catholic support for illegal immigration, I guess this was to be expected!
3. End Time Worship – “with their upbeat Christian message and a happy, pop music-like sound.”
Comment – Would our Lord Jesus really shuck ‘n jive to dah moosic? No.
I’m not surprised Rome is using this stuff now – Rome is an unregenerate and dead church. But what’s really bothersome is how evangelical and Protestant churches have brought this trash in and jettisoned 400 years of godly worship music.
60 years ago, if you wanted to listen to rock-n-roll, you had to go so some colored whorehouse or saloon. Today it’s in our churches. And by the way, let’s not forget what “rock-n-roll” originally referred to!
Every Sunday morning as we open our hymnals at church, I ask our Lord to free those churches that have been overcome by this rock-n-roll filth. Please pray daily that Christ cleanse His churches of “contemporary worship.”
Sadly, many evangelical and Protestant churches have abandoned solid bible teaching and godly, reverent worship, and now seek to attract and retain crowds by using rock-n-roll, what they euphemistically call “contemporary worship.”
And – the Catholic Church has noticed the large crowds this music brings. Ever the chameleon, Rome is now using this garbage to attract crowds! Such an example was reported on in the May 16 Catholic Universe Bulletin, the newspaper of the Diocese of Cleveland, Ohio, in an article titled, “Rocking the House.”
On May 4 outside the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in downtown Cleveland, the Cleveland Diocese sponsored an event called “Real Music.” Hundreds of Catholic youth attended this as various bands competed for the chance to play at a Catholic event this coming August. Some of the groups included:
1. For My Escape – described as a “hard-rocking, head banging group who got the energy level up right away.”
Comment – Does Christ accept hard-rocking, head banging “worship?” No.
2. Christian Spirit Band – “a mesh of south-of-the-border sounds, with a positive message and a fiesta mood.”
Comment – With Catholic support for illegal immigration, I guess this was to be expected!
3. End Time Worship – “with their upbeat Christian message and a happy, pop music-like sound.”
Comment – Would our Lord Jesus really shuck ‘n jive to dah moosic? No.
I’m not surprised Rome is using this stuff now – Rome is an unregenerate and dead church. But what’s really bothersome is how evangelical and Protestant churches have brought this trash in and jettisoned 400 years of godly worship music.
60 years ago, if you wanted to listen to rock-n-roll, you had to go so some colored whorehouse or saloon. Today it’s in our churches. And by the way, let’s not forget what “rock-n-roll” originally referred to!
Every Sunday morning as we open our hymnals at church, I ask our Lord to free those churches that have been overcome by this rock-n-roll filth. Please pray daily that Christ cleanse His churches of “contemporary worship.”
posted by Robt. B. at 8:31 AM
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