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Two things I have to say on this subject:
Just because Christian music isn't 'Worship' doesn't make it non-Christian. I write Christian songs all the time (not all the time, but most of the time) but they aren't considered worship. Most songs that are Christian that aren't Worship end up being more of an outlook on life with God in the center. The jelly filling.
However, that said, I am disapointed about groups like Switchfoot. When they were Christian group, they had it all and their stuff was worth more than money. Still, they sold out. I'm not saying they aren't Christian, and some of there songs still do have Christian messages, but not all, and it is sad. They're not even Christian much anymore. They're secular rock. (Mostly. I'm hoping for a rebound on the next album)
Course, it could be a sort of exile for them. Bands have done it. Creed was a COMPLETE exile stage. But Scott Stapp bounced back.

Well, perhaps the only reason that they made albums more appealing to non-christian music listeners is to either draw them in so they'll listen to the christian stuff, or make some cash so they have the funds to make even more christian stuff. Or, they could be selling out. I don't know.

I normally write 'worship' songs that flat-out praise God. Lately I have been experimenting. Songs with 'hidden' meanings appeal to a wider audience and still make for good worship. It may be a ploy to get more money, but I don't look at it like that. I look at it as well-written music.

To the Mark comment: I'll agree with that statement, and I'll agree with the fact that that was probably what he meant, but I think he was dealing with allagorical puns at the same time. Mark meant it that way, and I think he also meant those that are full of themselves, full of the world, not necissarily in items but in culture. A pun, two meanings in one statement here. Two birds with one stone.
As to the rest: Switchfoot will bounce back, or my friend is going to flip out, cause Switchfoot is his favorite band and he'd hate to see them be lost for good. (Man, I need to get him on Creed or something, cause he has been crazy about Switchfoot for as long as I've known him. A little Green Day may do him some good too... just a thought).

Cool. I'm doing that right now as I type...

i'm not sure about Relient K or Switchfoot. until i know their personal reasons for switching, i can't really make myself judge them. confused but otherwise. it depends on why they switched. sometimes it's to try to reach a wider audience and bring people to God and if so, i respect and admire that. i just hope they keep to God's will.

I don't have a huge problem with it, actually. Look at the bands you mention: Switchfoot, RK, etc. Is it still good music? Yeah. Does it promote sin or worldly things? No. Actually, it's sometimes a good thing when bands go mainstream. If non-believers like the mainstream songs, they might go back and see what they used to play and what influences them. I know a guy who isn't a fan of organized religion as a whole, but wears his Switchfoot hoodie a minimum of once a week. I pointed out that SF is (or at least was... I've not heard much of their new stuff) a Christian band. He was confused, so I told him to look up the older stuff and read the lyrics. I used their going secular as a witnessing tool.

It's not always bad for a Christian band to try and get a larger audience by going more mainstream. Some people see it as selling out, but I see it differently. And Outkast, it's not always about more money or more sales.