Recently, the Chicago Church of Christ hosted the 2008 Worship Leader's Conference (WLC). One of the classes offered at this conference was entitled "Music and Evangelism" presented by Ray Kabia and Vinnie Adams from New York.

In that class they talked about the power of music on the mind. They talked about how Satan, who is the ‘ruler of the kingdom of the air’ (Eph 2:2), is using music to evangelize his message (and what is music but air waves?). They challenged us to ask ourselves, "What do we listen to? What do we allow our kids to listen to?" Are we allowing ourselves to be evangelized by Satan's message? It's out there, and it's loud.

Indeed, one afternoon a couple days later, as I made a short trip in my car, I decided to find out what was playing on the radio. Each of the three popular radio stations I checked out were playing songs with a strong sexual theme. Yikes! I don't know if I want to listen to the radio anymore!

So, why give Satan the advantage? Why give him an opportunity?

Ray and Vinnie emphasized the importance of not only listening to music that will edify and encourage our souls, but also the importance of our efforts as disciples to continue to create new wholesome music. We have an obligation to use our talents to advertise and evangelize the gospel message.

For some it's a call to give your talents to the Lord. For the rest of us, it's a call to support the work that these disciples do. It's mutually beneficial. Fortunately, we already have a wide variety of great music to choose from. If you visit the DToday Media Shop, you will find over 20 works by disciples in various genres - Gospel, Classical, Rap, etc. Please visit the site today and pick up a CD that you don't have yet.

FYI, the DToday Media Shop will soon be offering the Chicago Church of Christ 25th Anniversary CD, Through Water & Fire. Until then, you can order it from the Through Water & Fire web site.