4. It passes a sanctification test.  I read a piece written by the late A.W. Tozer about testing the spirits.  He listed seven tests to see if something was of the Lord.  You can summarize them like this:

  1. How does it affect our concept of and attitude toward God?
  2. How does it affect our attitude toward the Lord Jesus Christ?
  3. How does it affect our attitude of the Holy Scriptures?
  4. Does it inflate or deflate the pride of man?
  5. Does it increase or decrease our love for fellow Christians?
  6. Does it increase or decrease our love for the world (and world in this context is the world’s system that is opposed to God’s Kingdom rule)?
  7. Does it increase or decrease my love for sin?

If a Christian hip-hop album can yield the right answers to these questions, keep it!