Though anticipating some fresh perspectives on worship and music styles, I found Dan Lucarini's book to be severely flawed and even deceptive. His pick-and-choose approach and conspicuous omissions make for a weak and manipulated case against CCM at best. He denigrates the use of secular music styles in worship while failing to acknowledge that many of our favorite traditional hymns are from English folk melodies and even drinking songs. He zeroes in on Genesis' mention of the harp and flute (along... more info
Fails to understand Worship, & Relationship of Faith and Culture:
I recently read Why I Left the Contemporary Christian Music Movement: Confessions of a Former Worship Leader, Evangelical Press, 2004, by Dan Lucarini. Lucarini draws on his own broad experience on the leading edge of contemporary Christian music to reveal how deeply music is rooted in the culture of our fallen world. He writes to those who may suspect music's strong cultural influences to highlight the dangers worship leaders face. However, I believe he errs in isolating music, as though it is in any way... more info
Surely you can't be serious ...:
If I could rate this book LESS than one-star I would, for it doesn't even deserve that. In a nutshell, the author makes rash generalizations based solely on personal opinion with no substantiation whatsoever. Some of his statements are, in reality, quite ironic and, consequently, very amusing. To paraphrase, for example, he states that contemporary worship is "bad" because dim lighting and candles will promote an environment that is conducive to sexual misconduct. Likewise, he states that praise teams... more info
Thought-provoking:
I appreciated the honest appraisal from one who has been there. This book was throught provoking without being preachy. If you can read the book without a prior agenda on your mind, I think you'll be able to learn something from it.
