Antioch Road

Why I Left The Contemporary Christian Music Movement: Confessions Of A Former Worship Leader by Dan Lucarini

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rating: 5 of 5 stars
In Why I Left the Contemporary Christian Music Movement, Dan Lucari recounts his immersion in, and abandonment of, the Contemporary Christian Music (CCM) movement. And then he equips us to defend traditional music from CCM promoters and challenges the "Contemporaries" to leave behind the favored, man-centered music of the world and return to God-honoring musical styles. In short but substantive chapters, Lucari answers tough questions such as Isn't music amoral? (partial answer: the general concert of music may be amoral, but particular musical styles -- developed by man -- are not), Isn't CCM easier to sing than traditional hymns?, and Isn't God using CCM to save and disciple teens? Lucari also responds to the "show me" challenge: "Show me where the Bible says that rock music is evil." Lucari writes well, is challenging yet humble, and has given us a book worth reading, owning, and sharing.

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