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  Christian rock - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
There is a tendency among some Christian rock music fans to label rock music bands as Christian where their lyrics are seen as consistent with the fans' understanding of Christian belief, but this is generally not accepted by the contemporary Christian music industry.
Some critics of Christian rock complain that Christian music trends are clichéd derivative of rock music and pop music in that they copy these styles and trends without creating original sounds of their own.
Christian rock can also be heard at other Christian festivals that are not exclusive to rock, such as the Creation Festival and YC Newfoundland and YC Alberta.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Christian_rock   (1115 words)

  
 Christian? Rock   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Christian young people are being saturated with a biblically deficient, superficial, religious emotionalism and the older believers are being bullied into surrendering scriptural values which make up the basis for building strong Christian lives.
It is not that Christian Rock has contributed to the perpetration of suicide or mass murder, as with secular rock music, but that spirituality is being eroded and carnality is being propagated.
Servant is a Christian Rock band that features "edgy, rhythmic, treble rock and an aggressive stage performance....-- Not only is their show "filled with the salvation message,-- but it is augmented with smoke-bombs and flash-pots.
www.fundamentalbiblechurch.org /Tracts/fbccrock.htm   (2929 words)

  
 Testimonies of Young People who left Christian Rock
Rock is wrong and addictive and has contributed to my moral failure.
Even 'Christian rock' sometimes makes me feel like going out and getting rowdy or even hurting someone else if they provoke me, and that is against all of God's teachings, and everything God stands for.
Then I went to one 'Christian rock' concert, and one of the lead singers was dressed in a tank top and tight jeans.
www.av1611.org /crock/crockids.html   (4790 words)

  
 Christian Rock Downloads - Download Christian Rock Music - Download Christian Rock MP3s
As alternative CCM began to capture larger portions of the Christian rock audience during the mid- to late '90s, many Christian rock heavyweights conceded the impact of mainstream alternative rock and shifted their brands of hard rock accordingly, although Petra soldiered on into the new millennium with their sound virtually unchanged.
Petra is one of the most successful Christian rock bands ever, a veritable institution whose name (taken from the Greek word for "rock") has come to reflect not only their music, but their staying power as well, even in spite of Christian radio's reluctance to program their brand of loud, slick arena-rock.
The Christian rock band Whiteheart was formed in 1982 by singer Steve Green, guitarist Dann Huff, bassist Gary Lunn, keyboardists Mark Gersmehl and Billy Smiley, and drummer David Huff, most of the members alumni of Bill Gaither's group.
www.mp3.com /christian-rock/genre/618/subgenre.html   (2911 words)

  
 Christian Rock   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
When their ‘Christian’ lyrics are often notable for the complete absence of explicit Christian content and when some of them even tour with the most perverted secular groups imaginable.
‘Christianization’ of rock music in order to make Christianity more palatable to the teenaged lost smacks of the traditional Roman Catholic method of making converts from pagans.
Those young people filled their censers at EXPLO and took the "strange fire" of "Christian" rock music back to their churches, colleges and other Christian organizations.
www.inplainsite.org /html/christian_rock.html   (471 words)

  
 CHRISTIAN ROCK- - "Contending EARNESTLY for THE Faith" - - - CETF online !
Christian Witness Ministries urges YOU to ""...contend for the faith which was once delivered unto the saints"" -- Jude.
Christian Rock artists claim they are reaching youth with the Gospel of Christ.
It can't be Christian nor a legitimate channel for preaching the Gospel.
www.christian-witness.org /archives/cetf1995/rockmusic.html   (574 words)

  
 Rock and Roll - a Christian Viewpoint
There is contemporary Christian music worth listening to, but if it is, its because those who play it are people of prayer with a passion for God.
If we as Christians feed our souls on Christian Contemporary Music we will only be slightly better off than had we fed them on the music of people like Michael Jackson, Madonna, Prince, Fleetwood Mac and so on.
Some make a case that all CCM and Christian Rock is fleshly and we have no business listening to it.
www.christian-faith.com /christianrock.html   (2593 words)

  
 Seventh-Day Adventists and Music
Anyway, if I became a Christian because I thought Christian metal was great, then I would have quit a long time ago...
The controversy at Andrews was started when Pastor Dwight Nelson said that Christian rock music is an oxymoron in his sermon at the Pioneer Memorial Church.
Book - Here is a great book on Christian rock that is authored by a Pastor who once rejected it.
www.angelfire.com /yt/christianrockdefense   (614 words)

  
 Christian Rock Band Evansville, IN - Vanderburgh, Indiana Christian Rock Music, Evansville Christian Bands
Here are the online press kits of 25 professional Evansville christian rock bands and christian rock bands who will travel to Evansville to perform at your event.
Day 7 is a versatile christian contemporary rock band with an original sound with lyrics that will challenge the heart.
The band name Viktor may be new to the world of Christian rock and pop, but members’ veteran lineage makes them some of the most seasoned and sought after players in the history of the genre.
www.gigmasters.com /Christian/ChristianRockBand_Evansville_IN.asp   (965 words)

  
 Christian Rock Music
If a Rock song with 'Christian lyrics' is not good doctrine, then it IS just as evil as the false prophets Christ warned us about.
Whatever happens we should protect everyone and make sure they don't listen to Christian Rock, go to church or listen to preachers who just might be having affairs with the church secretary and the choir leader.
I speak to the parents that follow this ministry and IF you have read what was written against Christian Rock Music and taken the music away from your children, I remind you of the above questions you should ask yourself first.
amightywind.com /openletters/christianrock.htm   (1195 words)

  
 Christianrockconfusion   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
This is a sequel to the last article I put in the profile called "Christian Rock is Satan's Rock."  I feel that the following subject needs to be addressed.
It is sad to see how so many of these professional actors (so-called Christian musicians) are guilty of adultery, rape, child molestation, divorce, drunkenness, and pride.
We as Christians definitely need our thinking challenged on many issues.  We should always be willing to consider what others are saying and compare it with the Word of God. ; Here are some scriptures to challenge our thinking.
www.homestead.com /davidgoliathministries/Christianrockconfusion.html   (769 words)

  
 Christian Rocknet Radio
We bring strong Christian rock to you from a large variety of international, national, regional and local south Florida acts!
Amy Grant, the sweetheart of contemporary Christian music, sees her career start to skyrocket, secular bands such as R.E.O.Speedwagon and ZZTop are topping the rock charts while Christian rock is still relatively a very small segment.
Christian Rocknet Radio is a non-commercial site here for the purpose of glorifying Jesus Christ and promoting His principles, ethics and music.
www.christianrocknetradio.com   (534 words)

  
 Christian Rock Stars
Additionally the often total lack of explicit Christian content in ‘Christian’ Rock leaves one with little or no choice but to draw the obvious conclusion, ‘Christian rock’ is nothing more than hedonism under a thinly veiled guise of religion.
Why would any Christian group not want to stay very far away from ANY association with Kurt Cobain, considering he “ran around his neighborhood spray-painting, "abort christ" and "god is gay".
There is abundant evidence that rock 'n' roll's lifeblood has in some part been drawn from voodoo, a musical form whose sole purpose it to summon evil spirits.
www.inplainsite.org /html/christian_rock_stars.html   (4530 words)

  
 Christian Rock: Exposed
The queen-bee of Christian rock is Amy Grant.
Crowned by the Christian community, such as HM magazine, as “The Most Important Rock Band Today” (HM Sep/Oct 2001), P.O.D. is clearly “king” of the Christian Rock empire.
As Christianity was polluted with many pagan symbols, the triquetra was falsely adopted by some Christians as symbolizing the Trinity.
www.av1611.org /crock/crockex1.html   (5400 words)

  
 Christian Rock
God's Riches is a Christian Rock song that compares today's riches with God's riches, and simply asks where is your heart and where are your riches.
He Came To Die is a Light Christian Rock song about why Jesus came to earth and freely walked upon Calvary's hill.
The Wedding Day is a light Christian Rock song and speaks of the longing in the hearts of Christians today for the Great day of the marriage supper of the Lamb and His Bride.
www.heartsongs.org /Rock   (128 words)

  
 Various Artists: Committed 2 Rock - Christian Music Today
P.O.D's "Alive" and Lifehouse's "Hanging by a Moment" are popular rock anthems that epitomize the mainstream's acceptance of spiritually inspired themes.
Christian music fans shouldn't expect this album to be a shining example of spiritual themes found in mainstream music.
Committed 2 Rock offers an impressive collection of rock artists and could be characterized as a "seeker's soundtrack." Unfortunately, unlike like many other mainstream albums today, this barely scratches the surface to deeper truth and meaning.
www.christianitytoday.com /music/glimpses/2004/committed2rock.html   (794 words)

  
 Christian Rock Hard - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
When the other boys kick Cartman out of their band, "Moop", for suggesting that they play Christian rock, Cartman forms his own group to make music for Jesus not for spiritual rewards, but to profit from the wide audience for this kind of music.
Meanwhile, Cartman, Butters and Token (who, according to Cartman, can play bass because he is fl) have rocketed to the top of the Christian rock charts, with Cartman simply tweaking the lyrics of love ballads to include Jesus' name.
Cartman's prime example of a successful Christian rock band is Creed.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Christian_Rock_Hard   (792 words)

  
 On Point : Christian Rock - Christian Rock
The world of Christian rock is so big these days that if you're in it sometimes you can hardly see out, and if you don't know it, you don't know a big chunk of this country.
Their world is a parallel universe where the sound is the same but the love in the lyrics is all about Jesus, and hate goes to the Devil.
Andrew Beaujon is a Spin magazine music writer who spent a year in the Christian rock world and its widening spillover.
www.onpointradio.org /shows/2006/06/20060608_b_main.asp   (213 words)

  
 SoMA Review - I Hate Christian Rock - David Nantais   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Most Christian rock that I have heard reminds me of the music on the old Donnie and Marie Osmond show: it’s campy, saccharine, and insufferably bland.
I often wonder if a number of Christian rock bands were formerly secular bands who, when they couldn’t get noticed by David Geffen, experienced a “conversion” and, voila, were suddenly signed by Holy Spirit Recordings.
Like so many Christian rockers, Kerry Livgren fell prey to the misguided notion that in order to be “pure” and “truly Christian,” he had to shun the evil secular world.
www.somareview.com /ihatechristianrock.cfm   (1620 words)

  
 BEWARE OF CHRISTIAN ROCK   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
In the minds of these musicians, traditional Christian music is “cheesy.” Thus they flippantly dismiss God’s command to use “psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs.” They think that the world can be drawn to Christ by a strange, clandestine message disguised by sensual music.
It is obvious that it is the hard rock music itself that really matters to P.O.D. and their followers.
Twenty-three key CCM arguments answered (we must use rock music to win young people, music is neutral, people are getting saved, God doesn't look on the outward appearance, Luther used tavern music, God created all music, Christians are not to judge, etc.).
www.wayoflife.org /fbns/bewareofchristianrock.html   (1076 words)

  
 South Park: Christian Rock Hard - TV.com
It seems Christian rock albums are awarded in gold, frankincense and myrrh.
When Cartman realizes that he can never get a platinum album with a Christian rock band (and never win his bet with Kyle) he takes the Lord's name in vain and then some.
Their lyrics are written as strongly Christian, but are violent enough to attract a hardcore image.
www.tv.com /south-park/christian-rock-hard/episode/281992/summary.html   (1376 words)

  
 Rock Prophets - Indy Christian Rock Band - Using Secular Rock, Pop, Country, Praise and Worship, and Rocked Up Hymns
Rock Prophets - Indy Christian Rock Band - Using Secular Rock, Pop, Country, Praise and Worship, and Rocked Up Hymns
We are available to visit your community and help you with whatever gathering you may design: alternative worship events, fellowship, parties, street evangelism, retreats, camps, youth events, singles ministries, young adult and couples ministries.
We appeal to any who are rock enthusiasts, especially of the classic, melodic rock sound of the 1960's and 1970's
www.rockprophets.net   (175 words)

  
 CHRISTIAN ROCK: Blessing or Blasphemy?
Grant's newest release, Behind the Eyes, comes as no surprise given the course of her career since Unguarded (1985), the first of her albums to be distributed jointly by CCM label Myrrh in the evangelical market and A&M in the mainstream market.
The party-line of the Christian rockers is they're trying to reach the young people with the gospel of Jesus Christ by using rock as a tool.
Christian parents, youth ministers sending their children and youth to a DC Talk concert thinking they're providing a "Christian" alternative and dc Talk (and other C-Rock stars) is "spiritually" feeding their young people with some of the same satanic poison!
www.av1611.org /crock.html   (14556 words)

  
 Christian-Rock News
Christian artists see genre lines fade into cyberspace
A preacher's daughter rocks the faithful with a modern ministry
Tai Anderson, bassist for the long-running contemporary Christian rock group Third Day, used the "seasons" analogy several times over the course of a recent interview.
www.topix.net /music/christian-rock   (750 words)

  
 ChristianMusicNews.net - Christian Music News and Info
Christian Rock Bands Relient K, Others Nominated for GMA Awards
Led by Relient K and Switchfoot who received six nods apiece, Christian rock bands and artists
In the world of Christian music, MuteMath has taken the world by storm.
www.christianmusicnews.net   (392 words)

  
 Christian Rock
You hear what Christian rock music is and isn't from rock-defenders and rock-bashers.
Newly "discovered" Christian artists, as well as sharing some good news (at least for me) with you.
For me to be silent is for me to say I don't care where you go after you're dead.
www.suite101.com /welcome.cfm/christian_rock   (146 words)

  
 Rock -- Christian Rock Charts - The First Internet Charts (SM)
Christian Rock Classic Rock Cover Songs Folk Rock Goth Rock Guitar Rock Instrumental Rock Progressive Rock Psychedelic Rock Punk Rock En Espanol Rock General Rock n Roll Rock Unplugged Southern Rock Surf Rock
This song was inspired by a conversation I had with a friend, about a month before his untimely death to a brain tumor.
My songs are about my observations of the Christian life and enjoying the Lord.
www.soundclick.com /genres/chartsSub.cfm?genre=Rock&subgenre=133   (289 words)

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