Is one really “no more holy because of avoiding certain music?” What makes us Holy? We are supposed to be “set apart” “Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate,” a peculiar people not allowing things that the world allows.
Sin, compromise, and worldliness, creeps in. Ernest Pickering remarks in The Tragedy of Compromise “Men do not start out with the intent of becoming liberals. They arrive at that point after a long journey of compromise.”
Conf. Jude 1:4 For there are certain men crept in unawares…1st John 2:19 They went out from us, but they were not of us.
Whether it is Wolves in sheep’s clothing or wheat among the tares, our Christian responsibility is to be vigilant and to “earnestly content for the faith”.

You may ask, where do you “draw the line” –as to what music to ok to listen to? Well, why should we be so interested in how close we can get to the edge of a cliff? When we keep trying to get close to that edge we might find ourselves before long in the slippery slope of compromise. The same with the issue of decency and modesty: Why do so many people test the edge of the line? The question should not be, how close can we get; but Is our light is getting dim or is our salt losing its savor? As Robert Shindler (friend of Spurgeon) said: “Our council is- Do not go to near the precipice; you may slip or fall over. Keep where the ground is firm; do not venture on the rotten ice.
1Th 5:21 Prove all things; hold fast that which is good.
In his grace,
Tracy