I remember reading an article written somewhere in the 80’s that condemned rock music(and anything with beat for that matter) as of the devil. Mostly these people who condemned them are none other than the “self righteous evangelicals who keeps on asserting that they’re saved by grace”. well, most of these people aren’t actually that graceful. They seemed not satisfied to Jesus’ teaching and so they add another teaching straight from their moral code and then integrate it in the Bible(assuming most of the people they’re preaching at are Bible ignorant).
Well ,that’s the 80’s.
And now in the new millennium the reverse seems to take place.
Evangelicals nowadays no longer condemned rock music or anything worldly related but instead they adapted to it to the point that they tolerated some stuff and then decided that maybe this certain thing is not bad at all and therefore integrating their own moral code into their preaching of the Bible again assuming most nu-evangelicals are not Bible readers (i can honestly say most of todays evangelicals got their theology on music and on what their pastors are saying and not even bothering to check the Bible for themselves.
And this is how evangelicals treated rock music nowadays too. Instead of condemning it, they adapt to it to the point that they tolerate it and hence watering down the gospel in favor of coolness..
(sadly, none of the two generations of evangelicals get it right).
See, we can never add nor take away God’s words. It must remain as it is….
So how did God redeemed Rock ‘N ROll in the first place?
By saving legendary rock stars like some members of the following bands:
Black Sabbath’ lead vox,
Iron Maiden’s drummer,
Warrant,
Megadeth’s Dave Mustaine,
Anthrax,
The Misfits,
Korn’s guitar player Brian Welch,
Kansas’ Kevin Livgreen,
Alice Cooper,
Jonathan Cain,
Full Devil’s Jacket (now DAY OF FIRE)
etc…..
Ring them names bells? These are the gods of hard rock back in the days. These are the bands the parents of our parents are afraid of. These are the bands that sings about Satanism,drugs, and a whole lot of Sex…
But God keepes on knocking at their heart and they answered and now they no longer save the world but Him by being in the world but not of it.
take for example Brian Welch of Korn. He was a drug addict back in the days and constantly battled depression. Now, he’s completely drug-free and no longer battles depression and infact he’s out there right now helping those in needs in the name of Christ.
These old rockers who denied Jesus both in words and actions back in the days are the same rockers who proclaim Jesus as Lord and God nowadays.
And these rockers’ Gospel is not watered down….
All u have to do is check out new albums from Megadeth-The System Has Failed and Iron Maiden to know what im talking about.
Some of these artists withdraw from their previous bands and started a solo carrier like Brian of Korn.
And what i love about these guys is they love the sinners too just like Jesus did. They understand that we are all sinners and that God loves everyone including the homo and the abortionists and the Democrats and that they need to hear God’s love not in a harsh judgemental way but in a graceful way yet without watering down the message…
the problem of today’s mainstream mega-churches or mainstream christianity is they waterdown the Gospel plus they hate “sinners” as if they’re not sinners themselves…
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