not all secular music is bad!

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>Another situation I found myself in was a sunday morning driving
>to church I flipped on the radio and started looking for a good 
>song.  I stopped on a jars of clay song and listened to it.  At the
>end of the song, the dj says.."your listening to the x...xxx103fm!"
>This is Indy's wordly alternative station.  Jars of clay was being
>played right next to green day and all of those hellbound groups.
>That was the last time I listened to them.

I personally think it is *great* when Jars of Clay or DC talk or
any music with a Christian theme and message can get their
music played on a "worldly alternative station".  This is spreading
the message to those who need most!  Being salt and light to 
each other is nice, but being salt and light to the lost is our
assignment.  Sounding mainstream will attract the mainstream
listeners and they are the ones who need to hear it.  Many will
probably not listen to the words, but some *will*.  And even
those who don't are better off with a little exposure at least.
When I'm driving someone around (going to lunch w/coworkers
or picking someone up as a favor, etc.) I can pop in a tape and
they will enjoy listening to it if they like the musice.  If I tried to
put on a gospel Choir they would just shut off. 

And I for one *like* a lot of the modern alternative music, it's 
just the words which bother me.  So it would be nice to hear
the music I like with words that I'd actually agree with.  Not 
everyone wants to listen to a hymn or gospel all the time.

>	that he does not put on a concert to bring people
>to Christ..that is not his job..He is only there to have fun
>and let the crowd have fun..if they accept Christ while at the
>concert then that is good, but it is not his job.

I went to a Michael W. Smith concert with a friend one time,
and while I am not really a fan of that kind of music (easy
listening/pop), I was impressed by the prayer time and the 
request for people to accept Christ.

Anyway, if you like gospel and choir music that's great, 
but not everyone has the same taste in music and not
many "worldly" people will listen to it long enough to 
hear the first word.  So I think being mainstream is not
only nice for those of us who enjoy that type of music, but
also a useful tool for ministering and I hope to see far more
of it.

-Dee
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