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Christian Music That Fills You With More Than Just Old Time Rock

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Christian Music That Fills You With More Than Just Old Time

Rock n' Roll

Some of the earliest Christian music was about the new testament

and most were simple hymns. Some of these Christian musical

hymns can still be heard today, including "Awake, awake O

sleeper" on the occasion of someone's baptism.

Jesus and his disciples very likely would have sung psalms from

their time which by the very nature makes them Christian music. Early Christians continued

to sing the psalms much as they were sung then. The gospels of

Matthew (26:30) and Mark (14:26) state that Jesus sang a hymn

with his disciples immediately before his betrayal. The apostle

Paul in the book of Ephesians (5:19) exhorted the church at

Ephesus to speak to each other "in psalms and hymns and

spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your heart to the

Lord". Recent Christian Music

The most recent common form of Christian music is contemporary

Christian music. This draws some of its influence from secular

music of the last century and is the most popular kind of

Christian music in the Western world today. Although there are

many Christian music artists in the mainstream music industry,

the term contemporary Christian music usually refers

specifically to artists within the Christian music industry that

are played on Christian music radio. Christian Music Touches You

Where You Are. But through it all, Christian music, with or

without lyrics, has been used by Christian music singers and

musicians to honor God, inspire his people, challenge the

wayward and brighten a stormy day for thousands of years.

Most of us especially within the past several years have read

about the politically correct rantings of secularists that want

to do away with anything dealing with Christianity and also as

it applies to Christian music. There are many people who are

against all forms of contemporary Christian music and Christian

Rock. They have tried to judge its source and determine it is

just another form of rock n roll. That there is no Christian

message to it that matters spiritually so it should just be

grouped into the rock n roll or contemporary music categories.

So the question has been asked is there ministry to Christian

music? Does the message within this Christian music mean

anything more than any other average rock song or contemporary

listening music today? The current Christian music business has

the obligation to prove that giving Christian music the title of

ministry is deserved.

One Christian music artist that is doing just that is Tim Kaufman. He brings praise to the Lord in

his songs. He rejoices to the fact that his Christian music has

helped minister to listeners that were unaware that it would

bring the Lord into their life, sometimes at unknown and

unsuspecting times that has caused joyous victory for The Lord.

One such time that drives Tim's direction for his ministry comes

from letters like this one were his Christian music has touched

lives:

"Tim...My wife and I drove our van out to the woods and were

planning our suicide. We noticed one of your tapes on the floor,

put it in and began to weep as the Lord brought a renewed hope

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to our hurting hearts. We thank you and our kids thank you. Keep

the Christian music coming." J. & K. D., Florida

When you hear the victories for The Lord like that being sent

into Tim

Kaufman Ministries it sure tells you everything you need to

know about whether there is ministry in his Christian music.

Letters like these also tell you that true Christian music fills

you with more than just old time rock n' roll. You can receive a

free weekly devotional from Tim Kaufman Ministries and also

listen to free samples of his Christian music. This article is

sponsored by Tim Kaufman Ministries. Tim Kaufman

Ministries is a source for online Christian music, spiritual

guidance and Christian ministry charities. For questions

regarding any of his Christian music products or his ministry,

please contact him at Tim Kaufman Ministries .

Please share the content of this article with your friends,

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All reprints must include a link to Tim Kaufman Ministries .

Content may not be altered and articles must be as distributed

by Tim Kaufman Ministries .

Copyright Tim Kaufman Ministries 2005

About the author:

Chris Maley is in charge of marketing and development for

CenterCube, Inc. and is a practicing Christian that listens to

Christian music to further instill The Lord's thoughts and

praise in his life.