Music Experts Help PLZ?!

Music Experts Help PLZ?

im christian, i love rock, my dad dont, so i find some christian rock, and i get to SWITCHFOOT, and when my dad saw the video of "Oh, Gravity" he started talk a lot of stuff, so how do i prove that they are christian, unles they are not, but at least someone help me out plz

I am a Christian as well, and my father hates rock music so its kinda hard for me to listen to their music around him. But that has never kept me from listening to their music 24/7. You may think that Switchfoot is a Christian band becuase of their previous songs. but this is what i got from switchfoot.

Tim Foreman said, "Christians by faith and not by genre." And Jon Foreman says, "I have never used my faith to sell my music, and i have never used my music to sell my faith. So you cant judge their faith by their music!
They want their music to be appealing to both Christian and non-Christian people. If a non believer would see their CD in a Christian section then they would even bother going over their to look at their music so they want it to appeal to different crowds of people.
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"Yeah, we always grew up playing in clubs and bars and churches. I guess for us we didn’t realize that there was a Christian music industry per se. So after we got signed, when you go to Nashville, you realize that it’s one or the other type of mindset that a lot of people have. I don’t know that we’ve ever had that mindset. We play music for everyone. I think that it’s a very dangerous thing to stamp something with the name of Christ and say this is sanctioned by Christ himself, by calling it Christian. I think for us as a band we’ve never done that with our music. If other people have said we’re a Christian band, hopefully it’s by the way that we’re treating each other and feeding the homeless, that type of thing than anything that would be done on stage. The point is, it’s a lot easier to say something on stage than to live it out. And for us that’s the challenge, trying to do both. Not only just talk about it but do it." - Jon Foreman
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To be honest, this question grieves me because I feel that it represents a much bigger issue than simply a couple SF tunes. In true Socratic form, let me ask you a few questions:

Does Lewis or Tolkien mention Christ in any of their fictional series?

Are Bach's sonata's Christian?

What is more Christ-like, feeding the poor, making furniture, cleaning bathrooms, or painting a sunset?

There is a schism between the sacred and the secular in all of our modern minds. The view that a pastor is more Christian than a girls volleyball coach is flawed and heretical. The stance that a worship leader is more spiritual than a janitor is condescending and flawed. These different callings and purposes further demonstrate Gods sovereignty. Many songs are worthy of being written. Switchfoot will write some, Keith Green, Bach, and perhaps yourself have written others. Some of these songs are about redemption, others about the sunrise, others about nothing in particular: written for the simple joy of music. None of these songs has been born again, and to that end there is no such thing as Christian music.

No. Christ didnt come and die for my songs, he came for me. Yes. My songs are a part of my life. But judging from scripture I can only conclude that our God is much more interested in how I treat the poor and the broken and the hungry than the personal pronouns I use when I sing. I am a believer. Many of these songs talk about this belief. An obligation to say this or do that does not sound like the glorious freedom that Christ died to afford me. I do have an obligation, however, a debt that cannot be settled by my lyrical decisions

My life will be judged by my obedience not my ability to confine my lyrics to this box or that. We all have a different calling; Switchfoot is trying to be obedient to who we are called to be. Were not trying to be Audio A or U2 or POD or Bach: were trying to be Switchfoot. You see, a song that has the words: Jesus Christ is no more or less Christian than an instrumental piece. (I've heard lot's of people say jesus christ and they weren't talking about their redeemer.) You see, Jesus didnt die for any of my tunes. So there is no hierarchy of life or songs or occupation only obedience.

We have a call to take up our cross and follow. We can be sure that these roads will be different for all of us. Just as you have one body and every part has a different function, so in Christ we who are many form one body and each of us belongs to all the others. Please be slow to judge brothers who have a different calling and thank you for reading." -Jon Foreman
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"There's a certain amount of humility that is attached to wonder, and a certain amount of pride attached to knowledge and I think the moment you say 'we know beyond a shadow of a doubt this exists', you can't have faith that it exists. Faith is no longer possible. So faith is only possible when doubt is possible. Faith is only possible when humility and wonder is possible. And I feel like the musical world of humility and wonder is a much wider door to enter into than the narrow confines of epistemology and things like knowledge and these really narrow boxes. That's kind of where our songs are... [those are] the worlds our songs are trying to explore." - Jon Foreman
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But if you listen to some of their music you would be truly convinced that they are a Christian band, like this song for example:
Heavenly Father, you always amaze me.
Let your Kingdom come in my world and in my life.
Give me the food I need to live through the day,
And forgive me as I forgive the people that wrong me.
Lead me far from temptation,
Deliver me from the evil one.
I look out the window, the birds are composing,
Not a note is out of tune, or out of place.
I look at the meadow, and stare at the flowers,
better dressed than any girl on her wedding day.
So why do I worry?
Why do I freak out?
God knows what I need.
You know what I need.

Your love is,
Your love is,
Your love is strong.
Your love is,
Your love is,
Your love is strong.
Your love is,
Your love is,
Your love is strong.

The Kingdom of the Heavens is now advancing,
Invade my heart, invade this broken town.
The Kingdom of the Heavens is a buried treasure,
Will you sell everything you are for what you've found?

Two things you told me,
That you are strong and you love me.
Yes, you love me.

Your love is,
Your love is,
Your love is strong.
Your love is,
Your love is,
Your love is strong.
Your love is,
Your love is,
Your love is strong.

My God in heaven, hallowed be thy name above all names,
Your Kingdom come,
Your will be done,
On earth as it is in heaven.
Give us today our daily bread,
Forgive us wicked sinners,
Lead us far away from our vices,
and deliver us from these prisons.

But when im around my dad i sing the songs out loud that are about God and make him hear me. Then i would ask him, "would non-Christians be writing about this? It doesnt matter what kind of music they put out there, i just know that it wont be bad because Christians wouldn't set that out there.