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Christian Music, Christian Artists
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Music: music is an art form consisting
of sound and silence, Element of Sound in music are 'Pitch'
is Called Rhythm, and also Dynamic structure and the Soniq
Qualities of timbre and texture. it is according to culture
and Social context. The history of music predates the written
word. The development of music among humans must have taken
place against the backdrop of natural sounds such as birdsong
and the sounds other animals use to communicate.[citation
needed] Prehistoric music is the name given to all music
produced in preliterate cultures.
Contemporary Christian Music (or CCM; also by its religious
neutral term "inspirational music") is a genre
of popular music which is lyrically focused on matters concerned
with the Christian faith. The term is typically used to
refer to the Nashville, Tennessee-based pop, rock, and worship
Christian music industry, currently represented by artists
such as Amy Grant, Avalon, Chris Tomlin, Jars of Clay, Jeremy
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Camp, MercyMe, Michael W. Smith, Petra, Rebecca
St. James, Steven Curtis Chapman, |
Third Day, and a host of others. The industry is represented
in Billboard Magazine's "Top Christian Albums"
and "Hot Christian Songs" charts, and by Radio
& Records magazine's Christian AC (Adult Contemporary),
Christian CHR (Contemporary Hit Radio), Christian Rock,
and Inspirational (INSPO) airplay charts , as well as the
iTunes Music Store's "Christian & Gospel"
genre. The term "Contemporary Christian Music"
originated in the late 1960s in reference to the emerging
pop and rock "Jesus music",
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on Christian Religion: Christianity Is a
monotheistic religion centered on the life and teachings
of Jesus of Nazareth as depicted in the New Testament.
Christianity teaches that Jesus is the Son of God
and the Messiah prophesied in the Old Testament, and
that the New Testament records the Gospel that was
revealed by Jesus. Christianity began as a sect within
Judaism, and includes the Hebrew Bible (known to Christians
as the Old Testament) as well as the New Testament
as its canonical scriptures. Like Judaism and Islam,
Christianity is classified as an Abrahamic religion
(see also, Judeo-Christian). The name "Christian"
meaning "belonging to Christ" or "partisan
of Christ", was first applied to the disciples
in Antioch, as recorded in Acts 11:26. The earliest
recorded use of the term "Christianity"
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In spite of
important differences of interpretation and opinion, Christians
in the Eastern Orthodox, Roman Catholic, and Protestant traditions
share a common faith. Although Christianity has always had
a significant diversity of belief on controversial issues,
most Christians share a common set of doctrines that they
hold as essential to their faith. This common Christian heritage
of beliefs has been given such titles as "the Good News
of Jesus Christ,“the Way” and “mere Christianity,”
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Christians
believe salvation is a gift by means of the unmerited grace
of God, a gift from a loving heavenly Father who sent His
only begotten Son Jesus to be their savior. Christians believe
that, through faith in Jesus, one can be saved from sin and
eternal death. The crucifixion of Jesus is explained as an
atoning sacrifice, which, in the words of the Gospel of John,
"takes away the sins of the world." One's reception
of salvation is related to justification.
The operation and effects of grace are understood differently
by different traditions. Catholicism and Eastern Orthodoxy
teach the necessity of the free will to cooperate with grace.[29]
Reformed theology places distinctive emphasis on grace by
teaching that individuals are completely incapable of self-redemption,
but the grace of God overcomes even the unwilling heart.
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