Is listening to secular music a sin even though it does not have cussing or bad ideas?
I love this question because I truly belive that any music that does not honor God is putting any Christian at risk.
My reasoing for that is this and this is only my personal conviction from the Holy Spirit.
There were 3 archangels: Michael the archangel of war, Gabriel that archangel of messege, and Lucifer (who is known as Satan) was the archangel of Worship.
And one of the ways we worship God is by music.
With this personal conviction I feel that if it is not Honoring God than it is a sin. I have challeged myself and my leaders of my youth group to listen only to Christian music.
That is even excluding bands like Switchfoot. I am talking about bands that you know without a shadow of doubt you know they know God. We have been doing this since July and to be honest with you my days seem so much better. I mean when all you have is God on the mind from music, it just brings an awesome joy to my spirit.
I hope this helps you