![]() How many teens are led down this road because there is no discernment? Thank you for your article." We spent the next few hours in Scripture and getting rid of some CDs. Bethel and Jesus Culture come from there. That being said, after a few CDs and some research, I was confronted with some biblical questions like, 'Dad, what is soaking or grave sucking?' Upon some Google searches we found out what it is and who does it. "My son was being exposed to Jesus Culture and although there are some okay lyrics (he played the guitar in the youth band), some/most are questionable. ![]() Would a person indwelt with the Holy Spirit of God conjure up such lies? That one example is enough, but here's another in this next comment. I referenced only one example of their false teaching - the whole manipulative gag with the glory clouds (emphasis on "gag"). You are repeating the words of liars whose hearts are far from God, no matter how great you think their music sounds. "Beware the false prophets who come to you in sheep's clothing but inwardly are ravenous wolves," he said in the Sermon On the Mount.īethel Church and Jesus Culture are con-artists. He called them sons of hell who produced more sons of hell. His most stern rebukes were reserved for the false teachers. He hates false teaching (Revelation 2:6, 15). Examine yourself to see if you're really in the faith - unless you fail to meet the test (2 Corinthians 13:5). Do you need a shoulder rub? A plush seat, Jen Hatmaker's blog, and a grande quad nonfat one-pump no-whip mocha? Do your ears itch? Do you need someone to scratch them for you? Because Bethel and their New Apostolic Reformation network of churches have a plethora of teachers willing to suit your passions (2 Timothy 4:3). I'm sorry you're not comfortable dismissing Bethel and those associated with them. I think they can handle being made fun of a little bit. Three writers are cashing royalty checks on the work done mostly by a dead guy. Cornerstone by Hillsong is Edward Mote's The Solid Rock with a different melody and added chorus made up of less than 20 words that took three more writers. Such comments on my part were tongue-in-cheek. Secondly, no songs were dismissed based on the number of writers. There are bad hymns, too, and feel-good hymns with no theological substance. Giving the thumbs-up on four songs, thumbs-down on five, and leaving one kind of open-ended is being a church curmudgeon? Man, I wish I had that ratio of success with the curmudgeons I was dealing with when I first started leading worship!įirst of all, I think it's clear the blog was not an endorsement of exclusively hymns. And I'm certainly not comfortable dismissing artists who have associations with Bethel or judging a song based on its number of writers, just like I follow Jesus even though he spent time with sinners and I read the Bible even though it was penned by a multitude of people." I am not for dismissing church history and hymns, but I also don't want to dismiss everything that's not a hymn either. The following are some of the comments given in bold, and my response follows. ![]() In pursuit of holiness, this is an important topic that must be understood not according to personal tastes or styles, but according to Scripture. The disagreement was largely due to my statements regarding Bethel Church and Hillsong, sacred cows in American evangelical music. Most of the comments I read were in disagreement, though for the most part respectful (except for the guy who started "With all due respect" and then proceeded to bash his Southern Baptist stereotype). I received some wonderful comments saying that the blog was very helpful. Last week I did a blog reviewing CCLI's Top 10 most popular praise songs sung in churches.
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