Will Contemporary Christian Music Emulate Christ Again?

This month I get the pleasure to attend the AARP Songs of Inspiration Concert featuring some of the greatest women entertainers of our time: Yolanda Adams, Patti Austin, Shirley Caesar, Jamia[of August Rush,]Chaka Khan, Queen Latifah, Dionne Warwick, CeCe Winans, and Ann Nesby. Songs of Soul and Inspiration honors the musical legacy of the African American church and the extraordinary voices that flowed from the church into the worlds of popular music and film.

I am excited about gospel music's influence on pop culture, but very concerned about the future of gospel music. Today it seems as if the roles are reversed, that pop culture has become gospel's muse instead of Christ.

Yesterday I spoke with my friend, Doug Ramsay, Vibes & Scribes podcaster and inspirational guitarist, about how Christian entertainment has--to its detriment--infused secular society into His art to achieve higher radio ratings and sells, instead of remaining an original art form.

This is what we discussed.