POLL: Do you listen to secular music?

on January 2nd, 2012


I’ve got a feeling this poll will be a little polarizing. Do you listen to secular music? Would love to know your thoughts about the type of music a youth pastor can listen to and vote in this week’s poll!

JG


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DrewE at 8:13am January 2

While there are secular and sacred lyrics, or at least lyrics with secular and sacred themes, is there such a things as “secular music” and “sacred music” beyond that? Is a Sousa march sacred or secular? How about Greensleeves? or Finlandia?

Benjamin Spears at 8:02pm January 3

Josh- Thanks for putting the brackets around “secular”. While I’m one of the people who said “LOVE IT”, I would also like to clarify that I’m not the guy who listens to just anything on the radio. I’m not going to buy something just because it’s got a good beat. I tend to put some thought into what I listen to (or what movies/TV I watch). It’s all about critical thinking…and if it doesn’t contradict/offend my faith, isn’t spirtually detrimental, and isn’t something I would be able to enjoy with one of my teens (or my mom) in the room (eg. laden with profanity, sexuality, hedonism), than it’s all good. I think it’s important to teach our teens to be critical thinkers rather than simply outlawing something on the basis of it being “secular”. And while, I, like some of the other posters, wouldn’t touch Christian radio with a ten foot pole, I definitely also dig worship stuff that appeals to my musical taste.