Family Friendly Radio Stations Not So Positive, Wholesome After All?

[Mark]

Family Friendly Radio Stations Not So Positive, Wholesome After All?

Positive, uplifting, and safe for the whole family.
Those are the taglines of many local Christian radio stations, which are becoming increasingly popular alternatives for parents to tune into during their commute to school, work or soccer practice.

But songwriter and worship leader Kristen Gilles wasn't so sure whether those "kid-friendly" stations were actually what they claimed to be.

"After critically listening to [one of our local Contemporary Christian Music] radio station during my commutes to and from work for the past several weeks, I've found myself asking these questions: Is it really positive? Is it telling the truth? The WHOLE truth?" she questioned on her blog.

Unable to hear foundational Gospel truths proclaimed during the programs and songs – such as total depravity, redemption, repentance and forgiveness – the Sojourn Community Church praise leader felt that Christian radio stations and CCM were preaching a false gospel.

"If Contemporary Christian Music (CCM) is not telling...gospel truths, if instead it's telling listeners that they're 'special' and everything's going to be okay, but without saying anything about the incredibly high price God has paid to make them His own special possession, or what he's done to conquer the power of sin and death, and what he will do in returning to free us from the very presence of sin and evil, then it's not wholesome, positive, safe for the whole family, or helpful," she wrote.

rest: http://www.christianpost.com/news/family-friendly-radio-stations-not-so-positive-wholesome-after-all-71463/

[Mark]

we have a couple of differnet chritian radio stations here where i live. On the AIR1 station i really question a lot of the music they play. yet i do here the Gospel preached on air. Another is a FISH station, and i do not think i have ever heard the Gospel preached on that station.

[Psalm 51:17]

we have a couple of differnet chritian radio stations here where i live. On the AIR1 station i really question a lot of the music they play. yet i do here the Gospel preached on air. Another is a FISH station, and i do not think i have ever heard the Gospel preached on that station.

I just finished Randall Baer's "Inside the New Age Nightmare" yesterday - Baer said that while the New Age movement considers Christianity the #1 enemy, it's not like they throw the baby out of the bathwater, meaning that they STILL use the bible, BUT for their PICKING AND CHOOSING of selective scriptures they want to believe.

Pt being that the modern-day "Christian ministries" are no different from the NAM - in some areas they will speak truth, in other areas they prefer to want to tickle ears, please men, and please the flesh. That's what I've noticed on various Baptist/Non-denominational church web sites in my area - I see the gospel message posted on their statement of faith section of their web site, but then the sermons you hear that's posted on their site(among other stuff, like them saying they do "upbeat rock" during their services) are HIGHLY questionable.

It's called compromise, which is no different from abandoning the truth.