[proud_2_B_texasgal]

I'll amen that .. and add that it did a WHOLE lot toward leading me into more Christ-centered Christian music as I hungered for "my" kind of music with a Christian message.

[Aeronaut]

As someone who has worked in youth ministry and played in a contemporary band, I am here to tell you you will not reach the youth with traditional Christian hymns. Set the hook first, then reel them in.

[DaughterOfAnIwoJimaVet]

Absolutely right.

[banjo joe]

Yep, go to the source: Psalms.
They worshiped with stringed instruments, horns and cymbals. They danced before the Lord.

God authored music. Satan made a cheap counterfeit.

We're taking it back.