Bob Kauflin shares “ten reasons why musical forbearance might be good for our souls.” The whole article is good, but here’s the reasons, condensed:
1. Being a self-appointed music critic is often just a sign of pride.
2. Music doesn’t define us.3. Great songs don’t always sound great the first time through.4. Listening to music the masses have never heard of doesn’t make us better.5. Listening to music that is massively popular doesn’t make us better.6. Learning to appreciate unfamiliar music is one way to prefer others.7. Learning to like other kinds of music can open my eyes to God’s creativity.8. We may have to eat our words.9. We might be missing an opportunity to be grateful for God’s gifts.10. Being opinionated about music can affect our ability to worship God corporately.
Richard Clark (Co-Founder/Editor-in-Chief) has spent his entire life writing, reading, listening, and playing. He has a Bachelors in Theology from the Baptist College of Florida and has a Master of Arts in Theology and the Arts from the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. He lives in Louisville, KY where he is the classroom technology manager at The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. In addition to writing at Christ and Pop Culture, he is also a staff writer for 
Yes, having opinions and tastes is, well, distasteful. “Opinions are for ethnic people.”
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I think it’s worth it to read the whole article. I have very few qualms with the things he says there.
On a related note, qualms is a weird word.
It was an alright article, but applied more broadly than just to music he strips my ability to say that Transformers was unmitigated trash. And I cannot abide that. Because it was.
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