Should Christians Listen To Rock Music?
Posted by truthtalklive on 15 July, 2009
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You may think it harmless or wonder why the devil should have all the good music…
or you may be on the other end of the spectrum and think that anything that has a drum in it is from the pit of hell.
Today’s guest host is Steve Noble 
, Christian activist and national radio talk show host. Steve is founder and chairman of Called 2 Action, a grassroots organization making waves and upsetting liberals since 2004. He’s also host of the radio program “Called 2 Action This Week” .
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16 Comments on “Should Christians Listen To Rock Music?”
ITT: Our favorite rock bands.
Rush
Coheed and Cambria
The Police
Jimmy Eat World
Green Day
The Decemberists
Forgive Durden
Tenacious D
Coldplay
aaaand Dethklok
What about you, TTL?
How can this be important when we have so many other things that need our attention as Christians? This guy Steve needs to loosen up a little bit. Christians need to be focused on helping the poor, spreading the Gospel and serving the Lord. I’ve been a Christian all my life and I love listening to Van Halen, Rush, Led Zeppelin and all kinds of Rock & Roll. It hasn’t disturbed my walk and never will. I also love Chris Tomlin, Switchfoot, Demon Hunter and Jars of Clay. It’s just music. Only those with weak minds will get sucked in. I wonder what Steve Noble listens to. Ever heard of U2? U2 is the biggest Christian band on the planet, not to mention the biggest band on the planet. The Edge will tell you, “We are not a Christian band. We are a band of Christians. We make mistakes too.” Relax and focus on more important things, Steve Noble.
Preach it, Brother Tripp!!!
“Rock Music”.
Worried about Rock and Roll…
Gee, and the people in Iran think that THEY have things bad[smile].
And just in case someone in cyberland is wondering if the kind of music that I grew up listening to that might have “sucked me in” into being the Witch that I am today, it may amuse you all to know that my favorite brand of music was……Classical[gasp!].
Mainly Mozart and Beethoven.
Our friendly neighborhood wiccan makes a great point. In throwing boulders at secular music we’ve got to aware that a lot of favorite houses are going to get smashed- including lots of very good classical music. Mozart made some of the best music ever written we’d all agree, but is it necessarily Christian, no. Are we ready to toss out jazz, blue grass, as well?
You guys are exactly….exactly right. Rock music has been influenced by every genre, especially classical music. There are plenty of classically influenced metal bands. You mean to tell me you don’t think Richard Wagner was heavy? That’s some heavy music. What about bluegrass and country artists who are Christian? There are plenty of them. The drummer for Iron Maiden is now a professing Christian. Hey, let’s condemn Iron Maiden! No wait, he might be trying to lead his bandmates to the Lord!!! Hey, wait….no…POD is heavy metal Christian music. We should condemn POD! No, wait….Oh, I am so confused now!
Seriously, we need to drop this and go find a homeless person and buy him some lunch and tell him about Jesus.
Tripp: ” It’s just music. Only those with weak minds will get sucked in.”
First of all we should always help our weaker brothers and sisters, we should care about them as if they were our own family.
Secondly, IS IT ”just music?” Music can be used (like many things) for good or evil, and there is some evil music out there you must admit. Music can sooth the soul or fire it up, it has a life of its own which can either stimulate someone to do good or bad. We must be careful what we listen to….it is not just our ears that receive it, it is our spirits aswell. And as Christians we cannot afford to let anything in that will defiles our new life in Christ.
Tripp:” Seriously, we need to drop this and go find a homeless person and buy him some lunch and tell him about Jesus.”
I’d say that was a really good idea!
All we are is dust in the wind - Kansas. There’s just a little too much truth in Rock & Roll for the average evangelical.
Ah, Bernieeeee…..but that’s so…depressing.
I prefer “I can see your halo…” by Beyonce[smile].
Bernie: #9. You are right for once!!!! That is what the Bible says we are!
Bernie: “All we are is dust in the wind - Kansas. There’s just a little too much truth in Rock & Roll for the average evangelical.”
I’ll do you one better Bernie…”Man is like a mere breath; His days are like a passing shadow.”-Psalm 144:4. This song was written well before Rock & Roll’s exsistence. You almost sound as though you agree with the “evil Bible” as you so eloquently put it. I would also venture to say that David was a vastly more prolific writer than Kansas guitarist Kerry Livgren (who derived the song from Native American poetry, btw).
On the topic, I think the best answer could come from Paul’s first letter to the Corinthians, ch. 6 v.12. “Everything is permissible for me, but not everything is helpful. Everything is permissible for me, but I will not allow anything to control me.” But I do agree that we, as the Body of Christ have more pressing matters at hand.
tyler,
I would venture to say that David never existed and we have no idea who wrote the Psalms or any of the other books in the Bible for that matter. Everyone agrees with at least some of the statements in the Bible. But that doesn’t make any of them true.
Here are some disturbing lyrics from a popular rock song:
I see a woman in the night with a baby in her hand
By an old street light near a garbage can.
Now she puts the kid away and she’s gone to get a hit
She hates her life and what she’s done to it
There’s one more kid who will never go to school
Never get to fall in love, never get to be cool
Keep on rockin in the free world.
Chew on that for a while you anti choice people.