Charity Gayle and the Self-Idolatry of Modern Worship Music

Today, what the Church calls "worship" is generally tantamount to a gospel of self-affirmation cloaked in a bit of Bible language--mostly taken out of context. The hymns many churches sing are self-focused and draw attention to the state of the person worshiping rather than on the God who commands all worship. Even the songs that are theologically accurate are still focused on the affirmation of self and "who I am" because of God rather than who God is.

This is clear in the lyrics of so many popular modern contemporary "worship" songs by popular groups like Hillsong and Bethel and artists such as Kari Jobe--all of whom have been previously written about at this blog. But another up-and-rising star in the modern contemporary worship movement is Charity Gayle.