tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20213892.post8436261484516118445..comments2023-12-22T08:29:29.230-08:00Comments on WHAT IS TRUTH: Fundamentalism Associating with Syncretistic, Pagan ProfanityKent Brandenburghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13419354741455959191noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20213892.post-23518236824701442822014-09-25T19:58:18.593-07:002014-09-25T19:58:18.593-07:00https://music.yahoo.com/blogs/chart-watch/chart-wa...https://music.yahoo.com/blogs/chart-watch/chart-watch-lecrae-brings-christian-rap-to-1-184711068.html<br /><br />"Anomaly is the first album ever to reach #1 on both the Billboard 200 and Top Gospel Albums."<br /><br />I think that speaks volumes...JOHN GARDNERhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17629427894921858214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20213892.post-7390045215191225252010-07-06T06:52:34.761-07:002010-07-06T06:52:34.761-07:00Bro B. Sir Rudyard it is. He's the author of...Bro B. Sir Rudyard it is. He's the author of "If...", that poem he denounces in the same post. <br /><br />That part of my comment was tongue in cheek.d4v34xhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07346680257860879900noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20213892.post-89184783381828431152010-06-29T22:21:55.041-07:002010-06-29T22:21:55.041-07:00Kent; I agree 100%. If anything, that preacher cu...Kent; I agree 100%. If anything, that preacher culture has been corrupted by the other culture, which is tragic.JSAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00681934865643964687noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20213892.post-12328444280710609372010-06-29T14:57:23.500-07:002010-06-29T14:57:23.500-07:00Thanks John.
Thanks Mike.
JS,
I don't think r...Thanks John.<br />Thanks Mike.<br />JS,<br /><br />I don't think rap and hip hop came out of that preacher culture. The preaching follows the rap and hip hop culture. I'm talking about the culture, not specifically rap and hip-hop, but the culture from which they come.<br /><br />D4,<br />I didn't link it because I don't want to encourage his take.<br /><br />Then your numbers:<br />1. It's enough of a dig.<br />2. He's defending it, promoting it.<br />3. Somehow, I guess, the fundamentalists he criticizes, the ones who don't like that music, have a worse ecclesiology than he? I don't think so.<br />4. Who is Kipling? Besides the English novelist.<br /><br />Thanks.Kent Brandenburghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13419354741455959191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20213892.post-10346123162611657242010-06-28T10:15:06.995-07:002010-06-28T10:15:06.995-07:00Since you don't link Ben's actual article,...Since you don't link Ben's actual article, I'll quote his entire reference to the song:<br /><br />"Scott Aniol is surprised that 9Marks has collaborated with Christian hip-hop artists. I'm not sure if he's surprised that rappers beat most fundamentalists to biblical ecclesiology. They'd do well to grasp and apply the biblical truth contained in this song, even if it means they have to read the words on paper[.]"<br /><br />A couple things:<br /><br />1. That's hardly much of a dig at Scott. <br />2. I don't read that so much as advocacy for the actual rapping as advocacy for the ecclessiology contained therein. <br />3. Now at fundamentalists he indeed took a mighty dig. Possibly deserved, but I haven't read the lyrics yet. <br />4. How come you didn't rush to poor Kipling's defense? I actually emailed him with questions on that one. Not that I certainly disagreed with him, but it did seem random.d4v34xhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07346680257860879900noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20213892.post-86410485647149971442010-06-26T22:15:07.915-07:002010-06-26T22:15:07.915-07:00I used to attend a black baptist church in the inn...I used to attend a black baptist church in the inner city, and the pastor's sermon would often sound a lot like street rap. He would use rhyme and rhythm when speaking, and often there would be parts where the deacons and pastor would shout things back and forth. When things really got going, the congregants would sometimes clap in time to the speech, and every now and then there would be back-and-forth between pastor and congregants. You know, "preach it brother", etc. Rap and hip hop arose out of this street preacher culture.<br /><br />I've also seen revivalist preachers who sounded a lot like Robert Duvall in the opening scenes of "The Apostle". I've always thought those guys were a lot like rappers.<br /><br />OTOH, I had a similar reaction to you when someone showed me a KRE8TOR music video the other day. These "Christian Rappers" are very far removed from the street preachers I used to know, and closely mimic gangster rap. It just sounds completely wrong. Gangster rap music expresses a certain thing, and that thing is not really compatible with Christian worship.JSAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00681934865643964687noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20213892.post-5458559289584351702010-06-26T19:10:58.895-07:002010-06-26T19:10:58.895-07:00Dawg, why u dis my rap maaaan. why u dis yo bro m...Dawg, why u dis my rap maaaan. why u dis yo bro maaan. <br /><br />As I hope you know I'm only kidding, then it could be latent reaction to certain jarring events recently. it messed up my diction. <br /><br />peace out.Michael Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04118919400626682582noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20213892.post-60735798494575825452010-06-26T18:02:05.904-07:002010-06-26T18:02:05.904-07:00That's why I gave up on SharperIron long ago. ...That's why I gave up on SharperIron long ago. The majority of the posters and bloggers there have little in the way of spiritual discernment. What passes for "Fundamentalism" there is nothing like the Fundamentalism I was introduced to in the mid-1980s.John Cereghinhttp://pilgrimway.orgnoreply@blogger.com