I think it was great. I think 'who cares what the motives are'. I think anyone who can get the approval of multi-million dollar advertisers, paganistic television executives, skeptic producers and unsaved participants to uplift the name of Jesus is A GOOD THING; no matter if they know what they are doing, saying, singing, preaching or acting about.
I hope this song becomes a popular phenomenon......it could start a new Christian revolution (especially since Oprah's Spiritual Nation is getting scarier by the day)
I think the last time an overtly Christian song was so directly placed in front of the world was O Happy Day by the Edwin Hawkins Singers in the late 60's. Interestingly enough, this song spread across the world and was at the beginning of the JESUS MOVEMENT; which, in turn, began the praise and worship movement.
I wanted to share the most interesting blog I've found (to this date) about this subject. Bob Kauflin is someone I've been following for a while. He is so knowledgeable about worship ministry and his blog, WORSHIP MATTERS, is worth checking out. I don't agree with everything he says about this subject, but it is worth the looking into.
http://www.worshipmatters.com/2008/04/shout-to-the-lord-on-american-idol/
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I have to say that when I saw The Song clip....especially when the idols walked forward...some with arms extended heavenward...I was sad. It was exciting to hear THAT song...to have attention be brought to something that I connect with, that felt good. But I was also sad. Sad because we as believers should be the ones to shout God's fame to the world...but we're not. Instead, unbelievers, with the whole world knowing they aren't genuine, pretend to worship MY God. It's sad.
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