If you take a look at Christian music you will see, for the most part, cheap imitations of secular music made for the purpose of getting a message out. I m not saying that there is something wrong with trying to get a message out. I am saying there is something wrong with compromising artistic integrity. We are so intent on getting across a message that we forget to put that message into a form that people will accept. In other words, we have sacrificed form for function.
Christians wonder why it is so hard to reach intellectuals and artists with the gospel.
The reason is that we are living in an era where people place a higher importance on the form in which a message is presented than on the message itself. They think of truth in terms of whatever works best for or makes sense to the individual. If an artist or an intellectual looks at Christianity and sees a religion that can t produce competent and competitive artists and thinkers, they will see Christianity as a religion that doesn t work and doesn t make sense for them. If a Christian wants to delve into the world of art, music, filmmaking or writing, he or she must take the responsibility to be a competent artist seriously. If an artist truly wants to reach out to this post-modern world through art, they must give as much or more consideration to the art itself than to the message.