We live in the most exciting generation to be a Christian, but it’s also the most challenging generation. 'At the end of the day, a song you sing for 50 years is more valuable than one you sing for 50 months. “It’s not about a fascination with the time period it’s about writing music that explains the Gospel and is also beautiful art.'

Keith Getty and his wife, Kristyn, are passionate about fostering a “reformation” in worship music: “Part of our campaign is to get our generation to know the great hymns of the faith,” Getty told CP. I have no quibbles saying, ‘Enough is enough.’ This can’t happen to build an authentic generation.” It’s a de-Christianizing of God’s people. “I believe that the modern worship movement is a movement for cultural relevance. “Many worship songs are focused on this Earth,” Getty said. Yet, less than 5 percent of modern worship songs talk about eternity.”

“Over 75 percent of what are called the great hymns of the faith talk about eternity, Heaven, Hell, and the fact that we have peace with God. “An authentic generation doesn’t begin with catharsis it has to begin with an authentic picture of the God of the Bible,” he explained. This, he said, leads to a generation ill-equipped to understand or defend the Christian faith. In an interview with The Christian Post, Getty said many modern worship songs focus on emotionalism rather than sound doctrine and Scriptural truths. “In Christ Alone” writer Keith Getty is warning church leaders about the modern worship movement, which he describes as one of “cultural relevance” that is “utterly dangerous” and is contributing to the “de-Christianizing of God’s people.” Keith and Kristyn Getty are the preeminent married musicians and songwriters from North Ireland.

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