Anybody who knows me, knows that I love music, especially Christian music. But one of the problems I've found is that alot of what is classified as Christian music is little more than just secular music that just happens to mention Jesus' name once in a while to make it fit the Christian genre. Of course, over the years that's been changing. You now have bands such as Shane and Shane, David Crowder Band, Chris Tomlin, Casting Crowns, and Todd Agnew (just to name a few) which all seek to keep Christ central in all of their music. But all of these fit within the praise and worship genre of music. It's hard to find anything other than the contemporary/praise genre that keeps Christ and the Scriptures central in their songs. However, recently I have come across a hip hop artist that is just as Christ centered as the other bands that I have just mentioned. I can confidently recommend this artist to anybody who is looking for a deep, biblically sound message in this genre of music. The artist is Lecrae. Throughout his songs he talks about keeping Christ as the treasure of your heart, living the kind of holy life that honors God, what it means to be a part of the body of Christ, and finding our indentity not in the things of the world, but in Christ alone. Lecrae is about as biblically sound as any praise and worship artist that I've listened to. Granted, not everybody is into this kind of music, but there a lot of people who are and it is great to know that there is finally some music to be able to confidently recommend to those people. Be sure to check out this artist. He is currently on his "Don't Waste Your Life" Tour.
Here are a couple videos to check out on this artist. You can also go to YouTube and look under Lecrae:
"Send Me"
"Truth"
Thursday, July 16, 2009
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