While agreeing with you that Pride is a major trap in any kind of public ministry, be it preaching, singing or playing, you make a grave over-generalization in stereo-typing contemporary music as bad (or, as you say, without a conscience) and traditional music as good, or a return to sanity. You do an injustice to all those contemporary artists and worship leaders who write quality music and meaningful lyrics with a clear conscience before God. You also gravely overestimate the righteousness of the older writers, many (probably all) of whom struggled with temptation, sin and pride, as men are prone to.

I could categorize every old piece of worship music as pompous and stuffy, but would also do an injustice to those writers who penned vehicles of worship which still speak today. Those same writers also penned pieces of fluff, poorly written music with cliché lyrics, which were never heard again. Many of those writers wrote hundreds, if not thousands of hymns and pieces of music, most of which never saw the light of day, or made it past the first church service or concert. I agree with you that there is a machine in the Contemporary Christian Music industry ( and also in the traditional Christian Music Industry, I might add) that is out for self-gain and glorification, especially for profit, but it is not all encompassing. Don’t close your mind to powerful, passionate, God honouring and glorifying worship music because of the few that don’t. As well, since you too are a sinner, don’t under-estimate the power of God and His Holy Spirit to use sinners such as you, me, and the worship artist who is misdirected in their worship leading to speak to someone the words that they need to hear, or to enable someone to express their heart to God. The beauty of the faith we share is the Cross, and its power to forgive and redeem.