Comments on: Does your church ever use “secular” songs during worship?

By: Josh

Josh — Tue, 28 Sep 2010 10:57:13 +0000

Continuation from my last message, on the secular songs, If the message of the song is all about God or about to live as a Christians like us, about Faith and Patriotism (Thats why America & Asian countries today excels and used to meet excellence for their country and to the glory of God).. no problem

By: Josh

Josh — Tue, 28 Sep 2010 10:53:13 +0000

I also praised God in any genre, the important is your heart and to glorify God, speaking to secular songs, how about the Switchfoot, Casting Crown, etc. We must look on the message, and its inspires, continue…. and not to look on the style of music or drums, pop, and contemporary music, the important is to sing for the Lord. Godbless

By: helen. w.b

helen. w.b — Sun, 05 Sep 2010 19:53:42 +0000

i’m 15 and i think that music should inspire the soul. what is the difference between the secular and non secular, really what is,how is praise suppose to be fun if people dont enjoy it(just because you do doesn’t mean every body else does)would it matter if the artist was christian and his music is secular. i think its bad that people limit there views to only what they’ve been told because i limits the views of the people around them.my parent tried to shield me from secular music because i was depressed but it turns out( according to a professional therapist) my ‘secular’ music was the only reason i didnt kill myself

By: rey

rey — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 16:04:29 +0000

I understand that there are “churches” who sings secular songs in their worship, but in our church it’s a No..No.., Maybe they do it to make the unbelievers feel an atmosphere of belongingness and make them feel comfortable so as not to offend them, but hey, worship is not for these people, it is for our God who died for all sinners like us, and this is what the apostle Paul is saying about the unstoppable message that must be preached to the world, and we as the unstoppable messengers must stand firm, never bend, backed down or compromise by conforming to the ways of these world by playing secular music in worship. they need to understand the message deep down that they need Jesus in their life and not playing games to them thru secular music.

By: Jerry

Jerry — Tue, 10 Aug 2010 20:24:58 +0000

Chris, I would say no. I love a lot of secular music. But worship music is borne of deep meditation on God’s Word. I believe that most worship music is inspired by God, not in the direct sense that scriptures were, but by close communion with our Lord through His scriptures. I sincerely doubt that was the case with Lennon, McCartney or Marley. There is a sense of the inappropriate using music in “worship” that was not borne of humble devotion. We are not in church to have fun or to be entertained, but to make an offering of devotion and worship to the Almighty. God bless you brother.

By: Jerry

Jerry — Tue, 10 Aug 2010 20:14:16 +0000

Charles, I don’t think Nanyaro is saying gay people cannot attend church. There is a big difference between reaching out to the gay community as Christians, and embracing/affirming/condoning the lifestyle. If my sin is adultery, pray that a church would draw me in and God’s word would turn my heart from that sin. Same with homosexuality. Christ died for me, for you, and for every homosexual. “Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind.” (Rom 12:2) That is true for every sinner trapped in every sin, including the sin of homosexuality. Blessings to you brother.

By: Charles

Charles — Wed, 30 Jun 2010 13:41:19 +0000

So homosexuals, because of life decisions, in your eyes are NOT allowed to attend church? Aren’t we supposed to love all of God’s people? Saying that someone has sinned and therefore can not attend church is passing judgement. That is not our responsibility. Sin is judgable by God only. We should love everyone regardless of their sin. Jesus did not condemn the prostitute. I can not call a church home that condemns homosexuals, or anyone for that matter.

By: Charles

Charles — Wed, 30 Jun 2010 13:31:52 +0000

First of all, choices made by the artist regarding how they lived their lives have absolutely NO bearing on the meaning behind the song. A drug addict that expresses love does not make the love less meaningfull because he is a drug addict. Love is love. Secondly, it is our responsibility as Christians to bring God out into the world, and in many cases, the world can not be reached by singing traditional worship songs. Sometimes you need to use secular music to create a road for non believers to travel down that will eventually lead them to God. As a Christian and a musician, I can honestly say that my road to God started with “The World I Know” by Collective Soul. Not a Christian song, but it began in me a journey that has led to me giving my life to God.

By: Victoria Zimmerman

Victoria Zimmerman — Fri, 04 Jun 2010 00:04:19 +0000

Who makes up these divisions of music? Good music is “good music”. I look for the message in the music. It’s either good or bad lyrics that make a song either or!

By: Kristen

Kristen — Wed, 02 Jun 2010 21:08:57 +0000

I see nothing wrong with altering secular songs for worship. Music has been perverted by Satan and frankly, it’s about time we took some of it back.