Crisis in Christian Music: The Paganization of Music

Music is so powerful that around 400 B.C., the ancient Greek philosopher Plato said, “I do not care what subjects you teach in your schools and universities. Let me teach and control music, and I will control your society.”

Secular, pagan, and even occult musical styles have crept into the church, all dressed up with new Christian lyrics. Old, traditional hymns—tried and true—have been thrown on the scrap heap of church history. This is even more true with the recent influx of Purpose Driven churches in America. Naively, pastors, music directors, and younger members of congregations have unknowingly embraced musical styles that can have spiritually negative effects on their listeners. Dr. Jack Wheaton, composer and instrumentalist, masterfully covers the deterioration in music in today’s church, and gives recommendations to fix the problem … before it is too late