6 Marks of Progressive Christian Worship Music

The 6 Marks of Progressive Christian Worship Music Bryan J. SirchioAuthorhouse, 2012ISBN 9781477249574 Softcover, 198 pp.6.0 X 0.45 X 9.0 inches | 0.65 pounds Something about the lyrics of many of the hit contemporary Christian worship songs is at best problematic for many clergy persons in mainline denominations. Sometimes the songs are downright offensive theologically to the pastor. Often the problem is rooted in a theological nuance or doctrine that the pastor does not embrace. Sometimes these contemporary worship songs use too many Christian buzz words or clich s-words or phrases that the pastor deliberately avoids in every other aspect of the liturgy. Often the problem is that the new songs show no sensitivity at all to things like "inclusive language" or the theological challenges of doctrines like "penal substitutionary atonement." Sometimes the pastors feel that most of these new songs lack substance, that they're too sugary, too individualistic, and too other-worldly. Sometim