What's a Christian song you don't like, and why?
When I was a little girl, my mom had a 78 record of God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen that was SLOW and it scared me so much!! I'd run to my bed and hide whenever she would put it on the record player.
I don’t like most modern Christian songs.
Not because I’m bitter or hard to please—because I’m hungry for something real, and most of what’s out there is spiritually hollow. It’s polished, emotional, and catchy—but lacks the weight of holiness, truth, and fire.
Too many modern worship songs talk about God like He’s a vague feeling, a romantic partner, or an emotional mood. They rarely name Jesus, rarely mention the Cross, and almost never call out sin, repentance, spiritual war, or the fear of the Lord.
> “Having a form of godliness, but denying its power…” —2 Timothy 3:5
A lot of it is written to be safe, marketable, and non-offensive. But the gospel is offensive. The Cross is bloody. Holiness is not optional. And worship is not a concert—it’s war.
I don’t want feel-good lyrics that could be sung to a boyfriend or slapped on a Hallmark card. I want songs that tremble before the throne, that make demons flee, that strip me bare before a holy God.
So no—I don’t like most modern Christian music.
Give me a psalm soaked in agony. Give me hymns that preach doctrine with fire. Give me songs that exalt Christ crucified, risen, and returning—not songs that help me “feel seen.”
If the Church is going to wake up, its songs have to carry the weight of truth again.
Until then, I’ll write the kind of music I can’t find—songs that burn, songs that confront, songs that glorify Jesus without compromise.
