Two weeks ago, I had two hours to drink in the beauty of a morning's walk by the river.
The fresh green of the grass, the fluttering butterflies, the songbirds, the violets, the tree swallow's dance--they filled me with so much joy! I wished I was a bird so that I could sing my joy without words, because as much as I should wish it, I cannot embody my joy and God's beauty in words that bloom and blossom at the sound of sweet music's voice.
Last week, I heard for the first time the song about lesbian love, "She Keeps Me Warm." It is beautiful in its gentleness, sweet in its meandering exploration of a new friend's heart.
Yet it distorts truth. Portraying same-sex relationships as acceptable is an obvious distortion. But they added Scripture to it, singing, "Love is patient, love is kind." This is distortion too, because it seeks to lend credibility to something untrue by adding a little truth to it. Love is patient. Love is kind. But love does not rejoice in wrongdoing.
Lesbian love is not the only distortion of truth in songs. Songs about heterosexual lust and sex are acceptable in mainstream society. These too are distortions of truth and are songs, above all, about unrighteousness.
Whether society is desensitized to unrighteousness by opinion leaders such as musicians, or opinion leaders write songs that reflect the values of a society that's desensitized to unrighteousness is not exactly clear. Probably both are true. In either case, songs about unrighteousness further pervert people's minds and can lead to greater lawlessness in posterity if the Lord does not intervene.
Whether society is desensitized to unrighteousness by opinion leaders such as musicians, or opinion leaders write songs that reflect the values of a society that's desensitized to unrighteousness is not exactly clear. Probably both are true. In either case, songs about unrighteousness further pervert people's minds and can lead to greater lawlessness in posterity if the Lord does not intervene.
Someone once said that culture is religion externalized. What a group of people believes to be true will be evident by the content and style of music, art, movies, and books that are made and accepted in a society.
What does the quality of our music, art, movies, and books say about our society? And what does this say about the involvement and effectiveness of Christians in our society?
What does the quality of our music, art, movies, and books say about our society? And what does this say about the involvement and effectiveness of Christians in our society?
The Lord Jesus commanded us to teach all nations to obey His commands. Some commands need to be expressly taught but others can be caught, through song. We can be salt through songs. We can create beautiful songs about pure love. We can paint a musical picture of love as it should be. How will the people believe in true love if they never hear of it on the radio? And I'm not talking about Christian radio.
Do you like to sing? Sing truth.
Do you like to paint or draw? Draw truth.
Do you like to act? Act out truth.
Do you like to write? Write truth.
Sing truth, draw truth, act out truth, write truth, and share it with the world. Re-sensitize people to purity.
May the Lord raise up for Himself people who will be culture changers, like Bizzle. He got a lot of bad press from secular media for his response to "Same Love," which uses parts of "She Keeps Me Warm" to relate the plight of the LGBT community to that of black people in America. Listen to his song through the link below.
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