Ok, well, not exactly addicted, but I used to listen some of her songs every once in a while. Along with a HUGE variety of other secular and mainstream artists.
The other day, I went out for some coffee with Pastor Blake to discuss the worship set for an approaching Wednesday night. However, we soon found ourselves talking about different kinds of music and soon after that, about the kind of music we should/shouldn't listen to.
Now before you go off thinking that he's one of those pastors that believes that rock music is the devil, let me explain: he talked about a pile of pepper.
Imagine you have a pile of pepper in the middle of a table.
Occasionally (not often, but sometimes) you place a grain of salt in the pile. Maybe not everyday, but perhaps once a week, or every few days.
Pretty soon, it will be impossible to distinguish between the pepper and the salt. Impossible.
Now just think: if we profess to be Christs' followers, but jam out to certain music, or watch certain movies, what does that say about our walk with Him?
Can those grains of salt mix so thoroughly with our pile of pepper, that soon it will be impossible to see Christ in us?
Great analogy! It brought Song of Solomon 2:15 to mind, "Catch the foxes for us, The little foxes that are ruining the vineyards, While our vineyards are in blossom." We often side step the obvious sins but can be easily desensitized by the "small sins" that creep in.
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