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Can Should a Christian listen to secular music? - the debate will never die. Rather than trying to convince you one way or another, how about a quick list of some great songs from each classification?
My Top Secular Songs
- Yellow Ledbetter - Pearl Jam
- 80’s Music (the higher the hair the better)
- Anything Zeppelin
- Vindicated - Dashboard Confessional
- One and Pride - U2
- 90’s Grunge (Alice In Chains, Nirvana, Soundgarden, STP, Smashing Pumpkins, etc)
- Hey Jealousy - Gin Blossoms
- Ms. Jackson - Outkast
- You Enjoy Myself - Phish
- Informer - Snow (don’t judge, you love it too)
Honorable Mentions: Incubus, Live, Queen, Radiohead, Muse,Â
Guilty pleasures: Deftones, Tupac, Biggie, Flogging Molly, Metallica, Motley Crue, Pantera, Primus, etc<
My Top Christian Songs
- Albertine - Brooke Fraser (see this post)
- Tomalo - Hillsong (Spanish version of Take It All)
- Mighty To Save - Hillsong
- You Never Let Go - Matt Redman
- Sweep Me Away - Charlie Hall
- Lifesong - Casting Crowns (anything Casting Crowns)
- Old School dc Talk (Luv Is a Verb, Nu Thang, etc)
- Studying Politics - Emery
- Every New Day - Five Iron Frenzy
- Many Relient K songs
- I Could Sing Of Your Love Forever - Delirious?
Honorable Mentions: Lecrae, Newsboys, old POD, KJ 52, Chris Sligh
If you’re really interested in finding out if it’s ok for a Christian to listen to secular music, pray about it. Surely God will reveal himself to you. Another good resource is this list from Greg Surratt: Is It Ok For A Christian To Masturbate?
How about you? Fav Christian/Secular songs?
Popularity: 61% [?]
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It is okay to listen to secular music until Christian music becomes better than it.
Since that doesn’t seem like it’s going to happen this century, you’re good to go.
I stopped listening to secular music right when I got saved, but I was listening mostly to gangsta rap and things that aren’t really permissible OR beneficial.
My favorite secular music is Mary Chapin Carpenter, Harry Chapin, Rufus Wainwright, mostly folksy stuff.
As far as Christian music, I totally adore “You Won’t Relent” by Misty Edwards, all of Jennifer Knapp, “From the Inside Out by Hillsong, John Waller, Knine, Jay Reed, and Justin Rizzo (IHOP).
“It is okay to listen to secular music until Christian music becomes better than it.
Since that doesn’t seem like it’s going to happen this century, you’re good to go.”
whoa fighter! there’s good christian music. you just gotta look for it!
Jon Foreman from Switchfoot, shane and shane, and David Crowder Band is one of my top favs right now on the Christian list.
as for secular, I like anything with a good guitar. However, I admit my guilty pleasures are all the sketchy rap music (not the good kind)
As with most everything I’d say take what works for you. Do you only look at art that depicts Mary and the baby Jesus? Do you only watch the God Channel on TV? Do you only mix with people from your church?
It seems like I like a little Avalon (just the “Oxygen” CD) but mostly don’t listen to most pop christian music. There’s very few times when it jives for me for some reason. The few Christian songs that I say I like are actually really old ones (i.e. “Halle, Halle Halle,” “Hush, Somebody’s calling my name,” “Lully, Lullay”) or artists that aren’t even considered “Christian” in the US (Moya Brennan).
As for secular music, Sarah Brightman, Mates of State, Pink Martini and tons of old folk music.