| In today's fast paced society, where money is a God | | | | have begun to meld to develop a new genre of |
| and the Wall Street Journal the Bible by which many | | | | music like nothing ever seen before. |
| people live their lives, Christianity has been pushed | | | | What's the lesson in this? These lyrics are bringing |
| aside in favor of secular success. Contemporary | | | | Christian music out of the Renaissance and making it |
| Christian music song lyrics are reaching out to bring | | | | real for a new generation of Christians. |
| people back to God and change the face of | | | | Contemporary services and the lyrics that bring God |
| Christianity as we know it. | | | | into today rather than the past or the future have |
| Contemporary Christian music song lyrics and the | | | | begun to inspire more teens and young adults than |
| up-tempo music that accompanies them have once | | | | ever before to dedicate their hearts to God. |
| again made Christianity popular. The Newsboys | | | | Christians who have an enthusiasm for the Lord that |
| reached out to the cynical youth of the country | | | | couldn't be expressed in the sedate, circumspect |
| through their songs Shine ("Shine, Make 'em wonder | | | | methods of worship that their parents practiced can |
| what you got, Make 'em wish that they were not, | | | | now praise in the new, contemporary style. |
| On the outside lookin' bored") and Breakfast in Hell | | | | The best part is that these lyrics are hammering it |
| ("When the toast is burned, And all the milk has | | | | home to people that God is as relevant today as he |
| turned, And Captain Crunch is waving farewell. When | | | | was in the days of the Isrealites. Today's Christians |
| the big one finds you, May this song remind you, | | | | are facing a whole new set of challenges. Society's |
| That they don't serve breakfast in hell."), launching | | | | morality has degenerated rapidly, and without |
| them into bestselling hits among both the Christian | | | | something substantial to give them hope that God will |
| and secular community. Artists like Amy Grant and | | | | be there for them they are all too likely to turn their |
| Chelsie Boyd have seamlessly blended these song | | | | backs on the church and find their strength and |
| lyrics and popular musical tunes. The old and the new | | | | support elsewhere. |