Positive Encouraging K-Love
Positive
Encouraging K-Love
Revelation 4:11 “Thou art worthy, O Lord, to receive glory and honour and power: for thou hast created all things, and for thy pleasure they are and were created.”
1.
Glory be to the
Father, and to the Son,
And to the Holy Ghost;
As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be:
World without end. Amen.
The
Hallelujah Chorus by Handel
These are overcomer songs. This is the triumphant Church knowing Her
ground and proclaiming the victory of Christ over darkness. They are songs of
declaration suitable around His throne.
So what of K-Love, the popular radio station?
First, to the clear the air, I am not knocking
K-Love. In fact, I support the station with monthly giving. So that tells you of my understanding of its
ministry. Yet, as I listen to the popular
playlist, I have a growing concern.
You can tell a lot about a culture if you
examine its entertainment. K-Love is,
for the most part, entertainment. The
words are encouraging, but if they came across the airwaves in a monotone droning
without a catchy beat, we would change channels.
The content of K-Love’s song selection in being pro-Jesus and truthful, I find no fault. I do pose one question. Does this content reveal a weak Church full of
anxiety needing reassurance of the primal principles of faith?
I understand the songs describe what
happens when you take Jesus down into the trenches of everyday life. He is our savior. He is our friend. He is our best buddy. He is our therapist. Mr. Self-Help on the call line. He is my Jesus. But, what of this child thing?
In recent months of listening, the songs I
remember continually talk about our identity with Him as His children. No fault, no. But an unhealthy diet seems to
make the baby fat. Milk, milk! Does the prevalence of these songs mean our
Church is unsettled in its position as sons and daughters?
I recently talked with my son of
this. He said the Church is emerging
from a religious past. In religion, you sacrifice
relationship and all you have is a hollow church building smelling like moth
balls. Its mortgage weighs heavily on
its attenders thus driving the tithe. Holiday
traditions dress up the children cutely, and all that holds the people together
is an exoskeleton of self-righteousness with a cross on top.
People are starving. Our people are starving. Emerging from this gravitational pull, they
break free into the freedom of space.
Fetters fall. Constraints lifted. In the aftermath of the dissolution of
traditional Christianity, what is left to catch them before they fall through
the cracks? A oneness with God. He is our security amidst the change.
Maybe that is the audience of K-Love. They are to confront the negative, discouraging
world as we select the frequency on our portable devices. In this, I see a need. I do hope it is not a litmus paper tell of
the Her overall condition in America.
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