<sod>Gordon said in 2014 that contemporary music could not be as good because one generation could not compete with 50 generations of hymns, and even the contemporary songs were in some cases just the old hymns with an updated sound. Writers of new songs had a hard time with "theologically sound, but significant, profound, appropriate, memorable, and edifying".<ref name=Gordon/> After his 2011 interview, Gordon said Mark Moring of ''Christianity Today'' had observed that contemporary music in churches was on the decline. Gordon said the people who first wanted it are older, and contemporary music had become so common that it was no longer a marketing tool, and no longer new when people wanted what was new. Praise teams, Gordon said, were like performers, but that they were in conflict with what the Bible said. And the congreagation needed to participate.<ref name=Gordon>{{cite journal|url=http://secondnaturejournal.com/the-imminent-decline-of-contemporary-worship-music-eight-reasons/title=The Imminent Decline of Contemporary Worship Music: Eight Reasons|last=Gordon|first=T. David|work=Second Nature|date=October 27, 2014}}</ref><eod>
<sod>Gordon said in 2014 that contemporary music could not be as good because one generation could not compete with 50 generations of hymns, and even the contemporary songs were in some cases just the old hymns with an updated sound. Writers of new songs had a hard time with "theologically sound, but significant, profound, appropriate, memorable, and edifying".<ref name=Gordon/> After his 2011 interview, Gordon said Mark Moring of ''Christianity Today'' had observed that contemporary music in churches was on the decline. Gordon said the people who first wanted it are older, and contemporary music had become so common that it was no longer a marketing tool, and no longer new when people wanted what was new. Praise teams, Gordon said, were like performers, but that they were in conflict with what the Bible said. And the congregation needed to participate.<ref name=Gordon>{{cite journal|url=http://secondnaturejournal.com/the-imminent-decline-of-contemporary-worship-music-eight-reasons/title=The Imminent Decline of Contemporary Worship Music: Eight Reasons|last=Gordon|first=T. David|work=Second Nature|date=October 27, 2014}}</ref><eod>