Babies, Bathwater, and Bands

One of the ironies of the Christian experience is our tendency to create new rules, while ignoring God's basic instructions.

One example of this is the misdirected litmus tests of style, and taste. We tend to discount churches and believers on the basis of difference in music style, type of clothing or version of the Bible. These are not small things, but they are not the core.
The trick as my Dad has said many times is to keep the main thing the main thing. While, your stance on abortion is important, and the authority issues that surround speaking in tongues are not little things. The reality of sin, the deity of Christ, penal substitutionary atonement and the combination of repentance and faith are key issues.
We need to have mature conversations about dress codes, decibels from the band and social issues. But don't let's throw out the essentials of the faith with the proverbial Bathwater, even while we engage in mature conversations about the band.