The Battle That Started Christian Music

The Untold History of CCM. A series tracing Contemporary Christian Music from the Protestant Reformation all the way to the modern worship industry. We start at the strange beginning: the hymns, the bans, the suspicion of "worldly" sound, and the slow, strange road that turned congregational singing into a full fledged business. 0:00 The Weird World of CCM 0:53 Before the Electric Guitar 4:28 Martin Luther V. John Calvin 6:49 Isaac Watts Couldn't Stop Singing 11:12 Strangely Warmed Wesleys 13:57 Barking at Trees/Cane Ridge Revival 15:42 Blind Girl Named Fanny Crosby 17:29 DL Moody and Good Old Money 19:22 Can You Hear Us Now? 20:40 Rock and Roll Shows Up 24:54 The Mystery Battle for Christian Music References: "Protestant Church Music During and After the Reformation." Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protest... "Singing the Reformation." Lutheran Reformation. https://lutheranreformation.org/histo... "Martin Luther's Reformation Hymns." 1517. https://www.1517.org/articles/martin-... "Protestant Music." Musée Protestant. https://museeprotestant.org/en/notice... "Luther and Calvin on Music and Worship." Third Millennium Ministries. https://thirdmill.org/newfiles/joh_ba... America's Hesitation Over Hymns." Christian History Magazine, Issue 31. Christian History Institute. https://christianhistoryinstitute.org... "The Golden Age of Hymns: Did You Know?" Christian History Magazine, Issue 31. https://christianhistoryinstitute.org... "Isaac Watts." Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isaac_W... "Isaac Watts." Encyclopaedia Britannica. https://www.britannica.com/biography/... https://learn.ligonier.org/articles/i... "Isaac Watts: I Sing the Mighty Power of God." Institute in Basic Life Principles. https://iblp.org/isaac-watts-i-sing-t... "Isaac Watts, Father of English Hymnody." Christianity.com. https://www.christianity.com/church/c... The Wesleys and the Methodist Revival "Charles Wesley." Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles... "John Wesley's Aldersgate Experience." Christianity.com. https://www.christianity.com/ "Revivalist Hymn Singing." Way of Life Literature. https://www.wayoflife.org/reports/rev... Cane Ridge, Frontier Revivalism, and Gospel Music "Cane Ridge Revival." Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cane_Ri... "From Hymns to Gospel Songs." Cedarville University Digital Commons. https://digitalcommons.cedarville.edu... "Gospel Music." Encyclopaedia Britannica. https://www.britannica.com/topic/gosp... "Gospel Music." Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gospel_... "Origins — Early Gospel Music." https://www.earlygospel.com/origins/ Fanny Crosby, Moody, and Sankey "Fanny Crosby." Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fanny_C... "Dwight L. Moody." Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dwight_... "Waxing the Gospel — Mass Evangelism and the Phonograph 1890–1900." PopMatters. https://www.popmatters.com/various-ar... Rock and Roll, the Pentecostal Roots, and the Christian Backlash "The Devil's Music: How Christians Inspired, Condemned, and Embraced Rock 'n' Roll." Religion Dispatches (interview with Randall Stephens). https://religiondispatches.org/the-de... "How Christianity Created Rock 'n' Roll." Public Books. https://www.publicbooks.org/how-chris... "Criticism of 'The Devil's Music' (Rock & Roll)." 20th Century History Song Book. https://20thcenturyhistorysongbook.co... How did Christian music history shift from burning Elvis records to a billion-dollar industry? This series tracks that strange evolution. Many remember a time when the church actively protested rock and roll. Over ten episodes, we map out the cultural shifts that allowed this transformation. We look past the surface to understand the business and theology behind the music you hear at Hillsong, Bethel, and Passion. Whether you are curious about the sociology of worship music or simply interested in the history of the CCM industry, this series provides the context needed to understand why religious music sounds the way it does today.