A True Christian Band should have a good Christ centered message pointing others to Christ Jesus, encouraging us in the path, giving us biblical counsel, warning us of the evil one and his tricks, and telling us of future events to come according to the Bible etc etc. The Christian market today, is flooded with talented bands but if they do not have a great Biblical message or try and hide the gospel message then they were left off my list. 
       In the Bible in Luke 9:26, it says, "If anyone is ashamed of me and my words, the Son of Man will be ashamed of him when he comes in his glory and in the glory of the Father and of the holy angels." The Bible also tells us in Mathew 7:15-16 "Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves. Ye shall know them by their fruits..." When a band calls itself Christian but hides their message, then their fruit is obvious because the band has chosen to not "offend" anyone, Friends, the gospel is offensive to the world but it has the power to convict and bring the lost to Christ. If we are going to reach the lost or encourage the Christians, then it must be communicated boldly. They rejected Christ for telling the truth and if you do the same, perhaps they will reject you too. If you will proclaim the Truth boldly, then when we see Jesus face to face, you will not have to be ashamed because you will have made Jesus happy with your service.
       When writing your lyrics to your songs, we need to know who you are talking about. Don't assume that when you put "He" or "You", that we know that you are talking about God or Jesus. There are many "gods" out there and if you only put "He" then one only has to fill in the blank with which ever god they want. Let's be bold and let them know that "He" is Jesus Christ the one and only Savior for the world.     

       The Sword Scale is my way of showing the listener how well the bands lyrics share the Gospel of Jesus Christ. The Sword Scale is a grade on lyrical content and how well the Gospel was expressed. This is not a grade for how good the band is musically! If the band is on my site, then they already are considered a good band!  
       The Sword represents the "Word" as found in Ephesians 6:17 "Take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is God's word." 
      "If lyrics are muddy and somewhat difficult to understand due to a band singing in a different language that's not their heart language or if the vocalist's pronunciation, in any way or form, is not letting the words be understood then It could mean that I subtract 1-Sword."​

(1-Sword) The band failed to let us know who they are talking about and put He or You in place of Jesus! However, Lyrics are OK! having enough evangelical sustenance to be here, but the overall album's lyrics are on the weaker side!  ( If you only got 1 sword then you might want to ask yourself: Who am I serving? )

       (2-Swords) The band has one song that let us know that they are talking about Jesus! Lyrics are OK! having enough evangelical sustenance to be here, but the overall album's lyrics are on the weaker side!

       (3-Swords) The band has one or two songs that let us know that they are talking about Jesus!  The rest of their lyrics are Good-being evangelical!

       (4-Swords) The band has 2 or more songs letting us know that they are talking about Jesus! The rest of their lyrics are Good-being evangelical!

       (5-Swords) The band has 2 or more songs letting us know that they are talking about Jesus! The rest of their lyrics are Great-being evangelical!