Walk On

I've been reading that book on the spiritual walks of the members of the rock band U2 by Steve Stockman.

A few quotes to engage your brains this weekend:

"As a result of this ["Christian" bands working in "secular" venues] mindset, many talented musicians are steered into a gospel band scenario, going from church to church singing cliche-driven songs with limited content. The audience members are almost exclusively Christian, and, as the majority of them have already assented to the beliefs being preached from the stage, the cliches are wasted. A safe Christian industry ghetto is created with pop stars and record companies...an industry that is always in danger of ending up culturally irrelevant."

"Evangelicals believe that they are saved by grace through faith (Ephesians 2: 8--9), but then add a man-made waiver that you have to work as hard as you can to meet middle-class behavioral patterns to hang on to it. It seems to be contrary to the Gospel, where among the many teachings of Jesus regarding servanthood, the last become first...For some reason, there are biblical teachings that do not--but perhaps should--hold so much importance. Among them: materialistic greed, bigoted prejudice, the oppression of women, or the neglect of social justice. Somehow you can ignore many of the rallying calls of Christ and the prophets, and because you are teetotal and less flowery with your language and attend church twice a week, you are declared spiritually strong."

There.

That ought to do it.