Showing posts with label Odds and Ends. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Odds and Ends. Show all posts
Wednesday, February 27, 2008
Os Guinness on Frank Schaeffer
Os Guinness has, thankfully, written a review of Frank Schaeffer's disturbing expose' Crazy For God. This is a detailed rebuttal from someone who was there. People need to read the whole thing, and pray for Franky. He is truly a bit of a lost soul.
Monday, February 25, 2008
Larry Norman - Rest in Peace
Larry Norman passed away on Sunday. He was 61. I was probably about 12 when I
first heard Larry's music and saw him perform in Missoula, Montana. I had never seen anything like Larry Norman and never have since. He was part Bob Dylan, part Bill Cosby and part John the Baptist. With just a nylon string guitar, a thin tenor and a razor sharp wit, he spellbound me and influenced me forever.
Larry's songwriting was deceptively simple and deep. He was the originator of Contemporary Christian Music, but few these days really understand his genius. What made Larry's music powerful in the early days was the way in which he tied spiritual urgency to the full spectrum of 1960s American life. He wrote songs about the Vietnam war, about drug abuse and sexual promiscuity. He wrote about false religions, the commercialization of Christmas, and a decidedly Hal Lindsey influenced understanding of end-times prophecy. He was fearless in his naming the name of Christ, yet knew how to be blunt at times and deftly subtle at others. Only Visiting This Planet remains, in my mind, the best Christian rock recording ever, recorded in London with the fifth Beatle, George Martin as producer.
first heard Larry's music and saw him perform in Missoula, Montana. I had never seen anything like Larry Norman and never have since. He was part Bob Dylan, part Bill Cosby and part John the Baptist. With just a nylon string guitar, a thin tenor and a razor sharp wit, he spellbound me and influenced me forever.Larry's songwriting was deceptively simple and deep. He was the originator of Contemporary Christian Music, but few these days really understand his genius. What made Larry's music powerful in the early days was the way in which he tied spiritual urgency to the full spectrum of 1960s American life. He wrote songs about the Vietnam war, about drug abuse and sexual promiscuity. He wrote about false religions, the commercialization of Christmas, and a decidedly Hal Lindsey influenced understanding of end-times prophecy. He was fearless in his naming the name of Christ, yet knew how to be blunt at times and deftly subtle at others. Only Visiting This Planet remains, in my mind, the best Christian rock recording ever, recorded in London with the fifth Beatle, George Martin as producer.
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