Christian Music Trying to Break through the darkness...

I love music, almost all genres. Music is something that in many people has the capability to really affect and move the heart and mind. Music has more power in it than we often realize. I am not someone who would say that Christians should not listen to any secular music, because even now as I am writing this I am listening to secular music and enjoying it. But I do think that it is very important to be discerning in the kind of music and lyrics that we allow to enter into our ears and mind. We may think that we just listen to the music, but ultimately the words do affect us. As Christian music has continually been in a growing period over the last ten years. Currently there are many more Christian music options than people realizing. Here is just a small list at comparisons and alternatives of Christian music that is a similar sound to some secular music. This was taken from http://christianmusic.about.com/library/blcomparea.htm.

If you like ...	You should try ...
2 Unlimited	Lisa Bevill
A*Teens	Jump5
Aaron Carter	Jump5
Avril Lavigne	Jennifer Knapp
Babyface	Tonex
Bad Religion	MxPx
Billy Joel	The Swift
Black Eyed Peas	tobyMac or Group 1 Crew
Celine Dion	Lisa Bevill
Coldplay	Tree63
Creed	Kutless or 12 Stones
Dave Matthews Band	Caedmon's Call
Depeche Mode	Joy Electric or Newsboys
Destiny's Child	ZOEgirl or Mary Mary
Dixie Chicks	Watermark
Eminem	tobyMac
Erasure	The Echoing Green
Evanescence	BarlowGirl
Fiona Apple	Nichole Nordeman
Gavin DeGraw	The Swift or John David Webster
Geto Boys	Nuwine
Good Charlotte	MxPx
Goo Goo Dolls	Jars of Clay
Jewel	Rebecca St. James
Limp Bizkit	P.O.D. or Project 86
Linkin Park	Kutless
Master P	Nuwine
Notorious B.I.G.	B.B.Jay
Outkast	tobyMac
Pet Shop Boys	The Echoing Green
Rage Against The Machine	Pillar or Spoken
Scarface	Nuwine
Simple Plan	Stellar Kart
Slayer	Living Sacrifice
Stone Temple Pilots	Big Dismal
Sugar Ray	Audio Adrenaline
Tori Amos	Michelle Tumes
Tyrese	Lamar Campbell