What is Christian Music?

For my first class post, I will be talking about Christian music.
What seperates Christian music from secular music is the lyrics. I wouldn't mind listening to almost all kinds of genres if they had lyrics that glory God. However, i know many people base Christian music on the artists who sing them. if the musician is a Christian than automatically the songs that he or she sings is Christian. Does this mean that secular songs can be "redeemed" if they are sung by Christians? There are many main-stream bands that are out there who are Christians, but they don't sing songs that your local Christian book might carry. Should we label them as Christian bands?

Another thing is...what about playing secular music in a worship service? Could and would it be helpful in leading people to Christ? personally, i would never use non-Christian music in a worship service because i don't think that worldy lyrics could bring people closer to God. what do you think?

Those are my thoughts on CM right now... feel free to leave a comment.