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Re: Christian music
I agree w/ you totally Wes. I'm just glad I didn't get kicked off the
message group for saying it ;)
>From: Wes
there was definite pressure to
>only listen to "Christian" music (this time the quotes refer to the fact
>that when we were talking about Christian music back then, we were only
>referring to music which was signed to a "Christian" label, or sometimes
>just music that met a certian JPM threshold. JPM = Jesuses Per Minute).
Does OTR meet up to this??? :|
>- Just as sin affects all of humanity (including Christians), so does
>redemption and grace. Therefore, we cannot retreat to "Christian" music
>to find respite from the "sinful" secular world.
YESSSSSSSSS This is what I'm trying to say!!
>In a sinful world, it's not always going to be roses and
>marshmallow bunnies!
Oh God tell me about it. The Christian college I went to was so happy, happy
it made we wanna puke. Give me some reality here!
>There are people
>within the Christian music industry who see their goal as setting up a
>sort of Christian music ghetto.
I agree - I recall people bragging "Paul McCartney said Phil Keaggy has a
nice voice" and people were all proud about it. As if it was a validation of
some kind. The guy's talented anyway, so what does it matter?
I'm interested in what the rest of the group has to say, as well.
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