Sometimes people ask me why I spend so much effort writing “Christian stuff” instead of just writing “more popular music.” And the short answer is, because there’s so much of the “popular stuff” that’s anti-God. So, there’s an urgent need … Read the rest

The post Christian stuff is hardly tough enough appeared first on Tony Funderburk.

A praise and worship leader should follow THE Leader Maybe you already know this. But contemporary music, in church, started in the charismatic movement. And now it can be found in just about every kind of modern church in the … Read the rest

The post Praise and worship leader should be a Bible reader appeared first on Tony Funderburk.

Rhymes without reason in church Have you noticed how many rhymes without reason there are in church songs these day? And I say church songs because so many of them aren’t worship songs. And they don’t even rhyme all that … Read the rest

The post Rhymes without reason consistently squeeze in appeared first on Tony Funderburk.

I’ve been reading, lately, where at least a few Christians are starting to question the merit of contemporary praise and worship music. And before you younger ones try to tell me it’s the old fuddy duddies, this isn’t just coming … Read the rest

The post Holy Holy Holy from those of us so lowly appeared first on Tony Funderburk.

The old Christian hymns often said things so much more wisely and profoundly than the “praise and worship” music that permeates many churches today. They weren’t so repetitive and chant-like. They told stories and conveyed such faith in a relationship … Read the rest

The post Great Is Thy Faithfulness appeared first on Tony Funderburk.