Christianity helps us face the music even when we don’t like the tune.

The line uses a musical metaphor to describe moral and spiritual realism: Christianity, in this framing, does not primarily anesthetize pain or flatter human wishes, but equips a person to confront unwelcome truths—guilt, suffering, limitation, and the demands of conscience—without evasion. “Face the music” suggests accountability and the end of self-deception; “even when we don’t like the tune” adds that the truth one must face may be personally displeasing. The implied claim is that faith provides courage, humility, and a framework of meaning that makes honest reckoning possible, turning discomfort into a path toward repentance, growth, and steadier character.