Jesus and his disciples very likely would have sung psalms from



their time which by the very nature makes them Christian music.

Early Christians continued to sing the psalms much as they were

sung then. The gospels of Matthew (26:30) and Mark (14:26) state

that Jesus sang a hymn with his disciples immediately before his

betrayal. The apostle Paul in the book of Ephesians (5:19)

exhorted the church at Ephesus to speak to each other "in psalms

and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your

heart to the Lord". Recent Christian Music

The most recent common form of Christian music is contemporary

Christian music. This draws some of its influence from secular

music of the last century and is the most popular kind of

Christian music in the Western world today. Although there are

many Christian music artists in the mainstream music industry,

the term contemporary Christian music usually refers

specifically to artists within the Christian music industry that

are played on Christian music radio. Christian Music Touches

You Where You Are. But through it all, Christian music, with

or without lyrics, has been used by Christian music singers

and musicians to honor God, inspire his people, challenge the

wayward and brighten a stormy day for thousands of years.

Most of us especially within the past several years have read

about the politically correct rantings of secularists that

want to do away with anything dealing with Christianity and

also as it applies to Christian music. There are many people

who are against all forms of contemporary Christian music and

Christian Rock. They have tried to judge its source and

determine it is just another form of rock n roll. That there

is no Christian message to it that matters spiritually so it

should just be grouped into the rock n roll or contemporary

music categories.

So the question has been asked is there ministry to Christian

music? Does the message within this Christian music mean

anything more than any other average rock song or contemporary

listening music today? The current Christian music business has

the obligation to prove that giving Christian music the title

of ministry is deserved.

One Christian music artist that is doing just that is Tim

Kaufman. He brings praise to the Lord in his songs. He

rejoices to the fact that his Christian music has helped

minister to listeners that were unaware that it would bring

the Lord into their life, sometimes at unknown and

unsuspecting times that has caused joyous victory for The

Lord.

One such time that drives Tim's direction for his ministry

comes from letters like this one were his Christian music

has touched lives:

"Tim...My wife and I drove our van out to the woods and

were planning our suicide. We noticed one of your tapes

on the floor, put it in and began to weep as the Lord brought

a renewed hope to our hurting hearts. We thank you and our

kids thank you. Keep the Christian music coming." J. & K. D.,

Florida

When you hear the victories for The Lord like that being

sent into Tim Kaufman Ministries it sure tells you everything

you need to know about whether there is ministry in his

Christian music. Letters like these also tell you that true

Christian music fills you with more than just old time rock

n' roll. You can receive a free weekly devotional from Tim

Kaufman Ministries and also listen to free samples of his

Christian music. This article is sponsored by Tim Kaufman

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