Contemporary Mormon Music?
Mormon apologists and missionaries often assert that Mormonism and Christianity are compatible, if not basically the same, when even a cursory examination of the major tenets of both show that not only are they not the same, they’re not even compatible. At any rate, and on a more light-hearted note, I recently got to thinking what Contemporary Christian Music (CCM) were Mormon (or, CMM):
- Steven Curtis Chapman might sing, “God is God, and I’m not yet…”
- Third Day might sing of “The Planet of God”
- Aaron Shust would surely croon “My savior loves, my savior lives / My savior was once a man like me / A man he was, a God now is / A God some day I’m gonna be “
- Degarmo and Key’s classic song of triumph might be “We are destined to reign”
- Hymnals might read “We’re marching up to Zion, that beautiful city in Missouri. or Utah.”
I could go on and on. Anyhoo, they’re great songs, all of them. I should contact a copyright lawyer and get ready to rake in the bucks!