"Christian Rock", a title often scoffed at the traditional rock artists, enthusiasts and critics alike is gaining popularity and stamping its place as a sort after genre for the young generation of head-banging, mosh-pitting gurus! Did not Christian rock die a couple of years ago, you ask? Christian rock music is growing faster than ever before with Daily News of Christian rock music, new artists and albums streaming across the Internet and pumping the airways continuously every day. So where did this God Rock come from? I mean this is new right? This type of rock music was not around 20 years ago was that? Well I do not believe it until recently, the reality Christian music or should I say Christian rock music has been around apparently from the beginning of creation! So why do it today all the time? Where were they hiding and what happened to the voice of damnation for those participating in anything other than a church hymn or Sunday school choir? Well chastity belt of today's Christian rock is alive and well. There are many religious organizations who oppose this form of music, I will talk more about this opposition later. Most Christians are in this "movement" feeling that Christian rock music is another way to reach people with the importance of the Christian faith. So why the controversy?, What's so different about Non-Christian rock music in comparison to Christian rock? Many have asked this question and instead of quoting Mr. Bob Dylan "the answer is blowing in the wind", I thought I would investigate further and check the facts and see why there is so much "resistance" to the sounds of "thumping grace" ;. After reviewing many rock & heavy metal music bands and performances and then compared them with their Christian counterparts, I saw a difference but not many! The stage performance was very similar with the exception of non-Christian heavy metal revealing more of a dark or sadistic side at times in general there was little if any change in production or presentation from Christian rock to standard or non-Christian music. The only real difference I could find was the lyrical content, with Christian rock music quoting words from the Bible and preaching family values. So why was Christian rock music active in as many years, seemingly hiding in the shadows from more conservative members of the Christian community? Well apparently they have not sought refuge in some dark cave at all, it's just that I think many people do not even know they were around back then! Good old fashioned Christian rock bands like Petra, Stryper, Good Blood, White Cross and Tourniquet have been rocking Christians and secular music fans in both generations. Voice rock damnation is still screaming louder than ever in some Christian circles but seemingly falling on deaf ears of a Christian Rocker community that grows bigger every day. As opposed to this Christian liberation? Who else but other Christians! It seems some parts of which have not advanced to today's modern sounds are Bible bashing these Christian rock music enthusiasts with eternal consequences for their "lack of understanding". The most dramatic example I came across was the Seventh Day Adventist (SDA) church who proclaim that Christian rock music is quote "Devil music". SDA church preach that all rock music has been "beating the devil" borrowed from primitive heathen rituals, beating in line with the body's "natural rhythms". I had difficulty understanding that someone could think this way at first, but it is really true and they are very serious about the eradication of all rock music, or anything else for that matter that has a drum beat!
