IS "CHRISTIANESE" THE PROBLEM?
In recent days it's been reported that CCM artist, Brandon Lake, has said that worship music full of "Christianese" will alienate non-Christians. First of all, worship music is for BELIEVERS to worship Christ. Non-Christians do not and cannot worship Christ. Second, while it's true that non-Christians do not understand the spiritual things of God, to say that we have to dilute the gospel message, whether in song or in teaching, is assuming that God is not up to the task to miraculously opening the spiritually blind eyes and the spiritually deaf ears so that they will understand the message. It's like we're saying, "Sorry, God, but Your message is just too hard to understand, and I don't think You're sufficient enough to change the hearts and minds of the unbeliever, so I'll just take it from here and give the gospel in a way I think is better." The gospel is not a man-made product. The gospel was written by God, and it is God Who will ...
