I often wonder if we Christians aren’t like those proverbial frogs boiling in a pot. Cultural Christianity has changed so slowly and so subtly over the past fifty years that some of us still may not realize that it has become a completely different religion than what the Bible teaches. There is no place this is more clear than in the CCM (Contemporary Christian Music) world. Here an “anything goes attitude” regarding biblical doctrine goes utterly unchallenged and often unnoticed.
At what point do Christians actually start listening to the lyrics playing on their “Christian” radio stations? At what point do Christians start looking at the artists that are filling their heads with words about God and life?
A great time to begin is now. Today.
Today we will look at one particular artist but I want to encourage you to look into any favorite “Christian” artist. Look at their testimonies. Look at who they hang around with. Look at what they stand for. You will most likely be very disappointed but this is better than filling our heads with things that are not only false but are also in complete opposition to God and His Word.
As I think back over my own music journey (which I wrote about here), I recognize that God can and will remove the desire for ungodly music that displeases Him so that you no longer even miss it. It takes awhile, but the first step is actually being willing to give it up. That step took me far, far too long I am ashamed to say. I truly hope you won’t make the same mistake I made, clutching on to something that not only is useless for a deeper walk with God but is actually harmful.ย
Today’s particular post will help you get started on evaluating the music you allow in your mind. It is regarding a music artist that has a huge fan base of Christians. My daughter, Jess, posted the information below on her Anchor for the Soul Facebook page yesterday. As I was reading what she wrote, I recognized that this may be something you would want to know. Lauren is wildly popular and even if you don’t listen to her, there’s a good chance that someone you know does.
Jess did some research to find out just what Lauren believes, what she stands for, and who she stands with. I hope you find it helpful–not only in evaluating this one artist but also in learning how to evaluate all musicians who claim to follow Christ. Here’s what Jess wrote–
Iโve avoided discussing Lauren Daigle for a long time now. I know sheโs incredibly popular and well-loved by a lot of people. And I donโt want it to ever look like Iโm attacking individuals for the sheer pleasure of it. I only choose to write about someone when they are so far from Biblical truth that they have become dangerous and are leading others down a destructive path. Therefore, there is a lot of thought, prayer, and research that comes before an article like this one.
Lauren is incredibly talented. Her gift for singing and song-writing is undeniable. And she really seems to be a likable, kind, and fun person. I truly wish I didnโt have to warn you about her. I am not judging her motivation or her heart. Iโm simply going to share her words and actions and compare them to Godโs Word so that you can make your own decision. Iโve broken it down into my seven main concerns.
1. ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐๐ฒ๐๐๐ถ๐บ๐ผ๐ป๐. Laurenโs testimony begins as a teenager when she wad diagnosed with an illness that kept her homebound for nearly two years. She could tell, during this season, that God was setting her up for something. โ๐๐ถ๐ณ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ต๐ช๐ฎ๐ฆ, ๐๐ฐ๐ฅ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐จ๐ช๐ท๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ท๐ช๐ด๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฅ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฎ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ข๐ด๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐โ๐ฎ ๐ธ๐ข๐ญ๐ฌ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ถ๐จ๐ฉ ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ธ. ๐๐ฆ ๐ข๐ง๐ง๐ช๐ณ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฐ ๐ ๐ธ๐ข๐ด ๐ช๐ฏ ๐๐ช๐ฎ.โ She said she had visions of stages, tour buses, and awards. โ๐ ๐ง๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ญ ๐ญ๐ช๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐๐ฐ๐ฅ ๐ถ๐ด๐ฆ๐ด ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ช๐ฎ๐ข๐จ๐ช๐ฏ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ด๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ.โ No mention of Jesus Christ, sin, or the cross. Only mystical dreams and visions that ironically predicted a future that would fulfill her own dreams and desires. I looked for the rest of the testimony. The part where she shares the actual Gospel. But I wasnโt able to find anything beyond what she shared above.
2. ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐น๐น๐ฎ๐ฏ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐๐ถ๐๐ต ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ . Lauren Daigle contributed to the soundtrack for the movie, ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ฉ๐ข๐ค๐ฌ. Itโs an anti-Bible, blasphemous movie (and book). Lauren was interviewed in a promotion for the film and was asked what she liked best about it. She answered: โ…๐ด๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐ฐ๐ฅ. ๐ ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐๐ฐ๐ฅ ๐ธ๐ข๐ด ๐ข ๐ง๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ข๐ญ๐ฆ…๐ ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ท๐ช๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฉ๐ฆ (๐๐ฐ๐ฅ) ๐ด๐ข๐ช๐ฅ, โ๐ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ญ๐ช๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ค๐ข๐ถ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ตโ๐ด ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ต ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ช๐ฎ๐ฆ.โโ Complete and utter heresy. God is not a โsheโ nor does He ever appear to us in different forms because of โwhat our heart needs.โ
3. ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐บ๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ ๐ผ๐ป ๐ต๐ผ๐บ๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐
๐๐ฎ๐น๐ถ๐๐. After she appeared on the Ellen Show (and failed to talk about her faith in any way), she was asked if she thinks homosexuality is a sin. Her answer? โ๐ ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ฌ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ ๐ค๐ข๐ฏโ๐ต ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ด๐ต๐ญ๐บ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ด๐ธ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ตโฆ๐ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ๐ฐ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฏ๐บ ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต, ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐บ ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ด๐ฆ๐น๐ถ๐ข๐ญ, ๐ ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ฏโ๐ต ๐ฌ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ธ. ๐ ๐ข๐ค๐ต๐ถ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐บ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ฅ ๐ข ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ด๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ข๐ด๐ต ๐ฏ๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐ต ๐ข๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต ๐ช๐ต ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ ๐ธ๐ข๐ด ๐ญ๐ช๐ฌ๐ฆ โ๐ ๐ค๐ข๐ฏโ๐ต ๐ด๐ข๐บ ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ข๐บ ๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ, ๐โ๐ฎ ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต ๐๐ฐ๐ฅโโฆโ No, Lauren, you arenโt God. But God does tell us what He says in His Word and His Word says homosexuality is a sin. (1 Corinthians 6:9, Romans 1:26, 1 Timothy 1:10, Jude 1:7)
4. ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ณ๐ฎ๐ถ๐น๐๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐๐ผ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐๐ฝ๐ฒ๐น. Lauren doesnโt share the Gospel or anything faith-related on her website. She doesnโt share the Gospel during her interviews or guest appearances or at her concerts. In all my research, I couldnโt find even one semi-clear presentation. Can you imagine this being said of any true Christian?
5. ๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฝ๐๐ฟ๐ฝ๐ผ๐๐ฒ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐บ๐๐๐ถ๐ฐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ถ๐๐ ๐บ๐ฒ๐๐๐ฎ๐ด๐ฒ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐๐ป๐ฏ๐ฒ๐น๐ถ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐. Lauren gets asked a lot about her music during her interviews. She constantly mentions โ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ด๐ช๐คโ and how people have told her that her songs have โ๐ด๐ข๐ท๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฎ ๐ง๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ช๐ต๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ด๐ถ๐ช๐ค๐ช๐ฅ๐ฆ.โ Notice that? Itโs the song that saved them. She never gives the glory to God. She said her โ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ด ๐ด๐ช๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ญ๐บ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐จ๐ฆ๐ต ๐ต๐ฐ๐ถ๐ค๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฃ๐บ ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ด๐ช๐ค ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ข๐ฏ๐บ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฎ, ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ข๐ฏ๐บ ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฅ๐ช๐ข.โ
A radio host asked her how she felt about her music hitting the top of the secular charts and reaching far beyond the christian world. Her answer? โ๐๐ง ๐ช๐ตโ๐ด ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ด๐ช๐ค ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ธ๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ช๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ ๐ช๐ฏ, ๐ต๐ณ๐ถ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฅ, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ด๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ธ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ช๐ต ๐ธ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ ๐ต๐ณ๐ข๐ฏ๐ด๐ค๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ช๐ตโ๐ด ๐ด๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐จ๐ฐ.โ She said that โ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ช๐ง๐ช๐ค๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ- ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ตโ๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ณ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ด๐ฆ. ๐ ๐ธ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฏ๐ข ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ๐จ๐ฆ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ. ๐๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ช๐ง ๐ด๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ด ๐จ๐ฐ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ถ๐จ๐ฉ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ณ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ช๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ด, ๐ ๐ธ๐ข๐ฏ๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฎ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด๐ข๐จ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฐ๐ฏ๐จ๐ด.โ Thatโs the purpose? Not sharing the Gospel. Not showing people their only real hope in hard times. Not pointing people toward the Bible. Not even worshipping the Lord. No, just togetherness.
Billboard asked her, โwhy should people listen to your music?โ She answered: โ๐๐ฆ๐ค๐ข๐ถ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด๐ข๐จ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ด ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ช๐ต๐บ. ๐๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ข๐ฏ๐ต ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ต๐ฐ. ๐๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ด๐ช๐ค ๐ฉ๐ข๐ด ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ค๐ต๐ข๐ฃ๐ช๐ญ๐ช๐ต๐บ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ช๐ต. ๐๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ญ ๐ช๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ช๐ง๐ช๐ฆ๐ฅ, ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐บ ๐ง๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ญ ๐ฌ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฏ, ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐บ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ ๐ช๐ต.โ She told a reporter at the Grammy Awards that she โ๐ซ๐ถ๐ด๐ต ๐ธ๐ข๐ฏ๐ต๐ด ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐บ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ง๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ญ ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ. ๐๐ฐ๐ฅโ๐ด ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐๐ช๐ด ๐ฌ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด.โ By telling the secular world that God is only love and kindness, she is robbing them of the good news of the Gospel. There is no good news without the bad news of sin, judgement, and the wrath to come. (Romans 1:18, John 3:36, Hebrews 10:31)
6. ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐น๐ฑ๐น๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ๐๐. James chapter 4 is very clear that you cannot be both a friend of the world and a friend of God. When the world applauds you, there is usually something very wrong. Lauren has soared to the top of the secular music charts. She was invited onto the Ellen Degeneres show, the Jimmy Fallon show, and the Kelly Clarkson show. She has been interviewed and lauded by secular magazines, radio shows, and youtube channels. Sheโs attended award shows like the Grammyโs and AMA awards. She even enthusiastically gave an award to an artist at the AMA Awards- an artist whoโs lyrics would make any Christian sick to their stomach. When asked about her musical inspirations, her answer is always a list of secular music artists like Billie Eilish and Adele and Amy Winehouse. She was thrilled when Greyโs Anatomy featured one of her songs. Her actions perpetuate the lie that you can be loved and adored by the evil world and also be a child of God. (1 John 2:15, John 17:14, James 4:4)
7. ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐๐ถ๐ฒ๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ถ๐ป. Lauren says her popular song โLosing My Religionโ is about removing the idea of striving and seeking perfection in Christianity. She says that โ๐๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ๐ด ๐โ๐ฎ ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฃ๐ณ๐ข๐ค๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ช๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ข๐ฌ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฐ๐ง๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ค๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฃ๐ฐ๐น๐ฆ๐ด, ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ณ๐ถ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ด, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ฌ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐บ ๐ถ๐ฑ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ง๐ข๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ข๐ค๐ต๐ถ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐บ ๐ช๐ด…โ When asked about a Pastor who was caught in adultery with his secretary and asked to step down, she said: โ๐ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ถ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ช๐ท๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐ญ๐บ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ฅ ๐ด๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ค๐ช๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ ๐ซ๐ถ๐ด๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ถ๐จ๐ฉ๐ต ๐ข๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฏ๐ข๐ต๐ถ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ฉ๐ถ๐ณ๐ค๐ฉ, ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ด๐ฉ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต ๐ด๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ฉ๐ถ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฏ๐ช๐ต๐บ. ๐๐ตโ๐ด ๐ด๐ฐ ๐ฆ๐ข๐ด๐บ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ด๐ฉ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ธ๐ข๐บ ๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ช๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ช๐ต๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ช๐ค๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ต ๐ง๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ ๐ข๐ณ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ช๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ฐ๐จ๐ช๐ฆ๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ค๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ค๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ๐ค๐ถ๐ญ๐ต๐ถ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ต๐ฆ๐ญ๐บ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ช๐ฆ๐ด ๐ซ๐ถ๐ด๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐ฉ๐ณ๐ช๐ด๐ต, ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐จ๐ณ๐ข๐ค๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐ฉ๐ณ๐ช๐ด๐ต, ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ค๐บ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐ฉ๐ณ๐ช๐ด๐ต, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ซ๐ฆ๐ค๐ต๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด๐ฉ๐ช๐ฑ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐๐ฉ๐ณ๐ช๐ด๐ต.โ She talks a lot about humanity (aka sin) and how Godโs grace just covers it all. We donโt need worry about it. Yes, rules for the sake of rules arenโt good. And following rules will never get us into heaven. But following Godโs rules in the Bible as an outpouring of love toward Him is a necessary result of true Salvation. We are to always be striving for holiness and obedience. (John 14:15, Philippians 3:12, Hebrews 12:4, 1 Timothy 4:10)
This is really just scratching the surface but thereโs simply no room to elaborate much more. She a big believer in dominionism and the idea that weโre โbringing heaven to earth.โ She told her concert audience that โ๐ฎ๐บ ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ฉ๐ถ๐ณ๐ค๐ฉ ๐ช๐ด ๐ณ๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐ต ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ – ๐ช๐ตโ๐ด ๐ณ๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐ต ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐บ ๐ฏ๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐ต.โ No preaching, no Bible, no fellowship but sure, thatโs church. Sheโs partnered with Steven Furtick, Hillsong, Bethel, and Joyce Meyer. Her recent Instagram post about fasting included words like โstillnessโ and โclearance of mindโ and โthe transcendence of a mind, spirit, and body resetโ and โawaiting secrets to be revealed.โ Guys. These are occult buzz words. Oh, and she no longer wants to be considered a โChristianโ artist but prefers simply โartistโ since those labels really get put on you by other people, anyway.
Lauren Daigle is leading โworshipโ to the masses. And yet she seems to love the world, partners with false teachers, and fails to proclaim the truth of the Bible at every opportunity. She wants everyone to come together and be unified and experience the love of God. Did you know that thatโs exactly what Satan wants? He wants people to have a good experience and feel unified and happy and think that theyโre loved by God. All without having to turn from their sin and repent. He wants people to believe they can have both the world and Jesus. And Lauren is being used as a tool to further his goal.
Hopefully this opens your eyes to why we need to steer clear of her influence and her music in our lives and in the lives of our teenagers.
Jude 1:4 says โBeloved, although I made every effort to write to you about the salvation we share, I felt it necessary to write and urge you to contend earnestly for the faith entrusted once for all to the saints. For certain men have crept in among you unnoticedโ ungodly ones who were designated long ago for condemnation. They turn the grace of our God into a license for immorality, and they deny our only Master and Lord, Jesus Christ.โ
Let us contend earnestly for the faith. Biblical faith. And let us not praise and follow people who are blatantly turning the grace of our God into a license for immorality and therefore denying our Lord and Master, Jesus Christ.