ARTICLE: Country Music is Okay for Christians
March 14th, 2007 | 
Articles | Source: CMWired.com (255)
Country music is changing. If when you hear the term “country,” you immediately picture an endless number of stories about countless ways to get drunk and leave your wife, you couldn’t be more wrong. How do I know ? Well, I have a confession to make. I’m a Christian and I listen almost exclusively to country music. Why ? Because it ministers deeply to me in a way that “Christian” music doesn’t.
Let me give you some examples. Here are some of the lyrics from the hit song titled “Three Wooden Crosses,” by veteran country singer–and Christian–Randy Travis. The first time I heard this song I wept. I think you may too. “A farmer and a teacher, a hooker and a preacher, ridin’ on a midnight bus bound for Mexico. One’s headed for vacation, one for higher education, an’ two of them were searchin’ for lost souls. That driver never ever saw the stop sign. An’ eighteen wheelers can’t stop on a dime.” […read more]
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