Christian Music - What's Wrong With It?

Dan Kimball has some things to say about Christian Music. He writes,

For many of the songs, especially praise ones meant for corporate worship, there is also the pattern of the slow build up, climactic and building up repeating chorus which indicates it is the time to raise our hands, then a dramatic drop to quiet - then a big pumping ending.

Also, all the different Christian pop songs seem to basically have the same lyrics over and over and over again. Mostly about Jesus dying on the cross. I fully and absolutely believe the substitutionary atonement is at the heart of the gospel. But the Bible is filled with so many things, not just all verses on the atonement. I wish there were more lyrics in songs that sang about other things about Jesus and the Kingdom and following Him.

I have written about some of these same issues in the following posts:

Timeless Music and CCM

The Sound of Christian Music