It has been a long-held opinion of mine that one of the greatest mistakes of the modern Church, in its efforts to be popular and "in tune" with the present generation, is the turning away from the old, established, time-tested hymns. Most of the larger Churches of today don’t sing the old hymns anymore, or if they do they do so only occasionally. These tried and true hymns have been replaced with little choruses, or refrains, most of which carry the same message: the love "I" have for Jesus, or God. Like all things else in this present age, they focus on "me" and "I". When attending a service at one of these Churches, it always strikes me how focused on the "look at how good I am" refrain are these choruses. There is little "meat" to them; very little message, and very little about the real message of the Scriptures, or the nature, power, and love of God for us.

An entire generation now, and in some Churches two, has been raised without hearing or knowing the old hymns. People say, "Oh, they’re out of style. We have to appeal to the young folks of today." To this I say "Hogwash". Feel good choruses go along with feel good sermons to assure young Christians a fundamental ignorance of the nature of God and His wondrous blessings for those who believe. Ignorance of Christ and of God the Father make Christians easy prey for new-age "religions" , Mormons, and even atheists.