Does Worship Music Shape Our Theology? A Hard Look
Not because it wasn’t important but because it forced me to confront something I never wanted to question: the music I had trusted to shape my faith.
For years, I sang along without thinking much about the lyrics, assuming that if a song sounded “godly,” it must be grounded in truth. But eventually, I had to ask myself a hard question: What gospel is actually being preached through the music we worship to?
Every song preaches something. And when it comes to Christian music, that matters more than we often realize.
In this episode of Honest Christian Conversations, I wrestle with the role worship music plays in shaping our theology—and what happens when beautiful melodies carry confusing or incomplete truth.
This conversation is uncomfortable. It’s challenging. And yes… it gets a little spicy 🌶️
⬇️ Listen now to step into this conversation.
💬 After listening, share your thoughts with me
Wife. Mother of five. Podcaster. Fiction Novelist
Ana is the host of the Honest Christian Conversations podcast and a prodigal saved by God’s unending grace.
She grew up in a legalistic Christian home where asking questions often felt wrong. In her early twenties, overwhelmed by confusion and hurt, she walked away from her faith. Yet even then, God’s love never stopped pursuing her. At thirty years old—and after a painful second divorce—He brought her back to himself, and she has never looked back.
As Ana returned to Christ, she began rebuilding her faith from the ground up and asked the questions she once feared to ask. Along that journey, she discovered inconsistencies, misplaced teachings, and even lies woven into the Christianity she grew up with. Instead of destroying her faith, this only deepened it. Out of that discovery, she founded Honest Christian Conversations. Ana's heart is to help others navigate the same tension she once lived with: wanting to know the real Jesus while sorting through the noise of deceptive teachings, spiritual manipulation, and “wolves in sheep’s clothing.”
Everything she creates flows from gratitude for the God who rescued her, restored her, and continues to shape her into who He intended her to be.
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