In Why Men Hate Going to Church, David Murrow talks about how praise music may be turning men off from corporate church services. He writes,
"Praise music has accelerated this trend. Not only are the lyrics of many of these songs quite romantic, but that have the same breathless feel as top forty love songs.
Hold me close, let your love surround me. Bring me near, draw me to your side.
I'm desparate for you, I'm lost without you.
Let my words be few. Jesus I am so in love with you.
You're altogether lovely..altogether wonderful to me.
You are beautiful, my sweet, sweet song.Think of the mental gymnastics that must take place inside a man's subconscious mind as he sings lyrics like these. He's trying to express his love to Jesus, a man who lives today, using words no man would dare say to another, set to music that sounds like the love songs his wife listens to in the car. By the way, men never call each other beautiful, lovely, or wonderful."
Good book that will make you think.
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