Many churches use contemporary music as a way to draw people to the services, which practice is a great departure from Scripture.

John the Baptist never sung a song, but preached the gospel and people came to hear.

Jesus Christ never used music to draw a crowd to hear him preach. He simple went among the people and started teaching and preaching.

There is no record that any of the Jewish synagogues used music as a "draw" to get people to come to their services. There is ample evidence they used the Word of God.

There is no record of any song at all on the Day of Pentecost. It was the preaching of the Word of God that convinced people they needed Jesus as their own personal Saviour.

There is no record of the Apostle Paul using music in any way whatsoever as a "draw" to get people to listen to the gospel message. The only time music is mentioned in connection with somebody being saved is in Acts 16. Paul and Silas were put in jail because they cast the demon out of the young woman, and when her masters saw their hope of gain was gone, they raised such a ruckus, Paul and Silas were put in jail. Not only were they in jail, they were put into the inner chamber, and their feet made fast in the stocks.

Personal Examples.

I spoke to a man who was instrumental in getting contemporary music into their church. He spoke of the community survey that were done to find out what people wanted in a church service. He spoke of how much it cost to get their church building ready for all the bands, the amplifiers, the lights, so forth. When I asked him when he was saved, the words were like a knife into his heart. He told me he did not know if he had ever been saved.

I spoke to a man whose is heavily involved in the rock music in their church. He told me his wife believed the music was more important than the preaching.

Two women were driving to their church services, but were running late, so decided to stop at Independence Baptist Church so they could go to services. The church they normally attended is well known for its rock concerts praise type singing, while being very short on Biblical substance. It is a very rich church, a very large church. They are large because they are giving the people what they want, not necessarily giving worship to God. While they were driving, they were discussing some Bible question. During the message, I answered the question. I, of course, did not know what they were speaking about on their way to services. They thought God had answered their questions, so the next Sunday, they decided to come back to IBC. Again, they discussed Bible questions on the way to services, and again, God supplied the answer to their inquiries through the message. Again, I knew nothing about their discussions. It was impossible for me to know what they were talking about on their way to services. When I visited with the ladies, they told me of their discussions and how God had answered their inquires. They were very interested in IBC, and wanted to know more about what we believed, preached and practiced. I gave them some materials to study. They came to services several times, but finally told me they would not come again. They loved the people, and felt very welcome in the services; they loved the preaching and felt they were growing in grace and truth, learning the Scriptures. But they did not like the singing. What kind of singing do we have at IBC? We have congregational singing. Sometimes we have a special, but mostly, we have congregational singing. Do you understand that these two precious ladies had rather have