What a week! Not only the Jesus Revolution in the theater, but then a music concert by a Nashville artist with hundreds of cheering fans!
Andrew Peterson is a name you should know. He has produced several music albums, a series of Young Adult Fantasy books, and some books reflecting on culture and creativity.
One problem we have as Christians is being extremely discriminating (read, “too picky”) in the graphics and cinematography of the entertainment we take in, while giving much less thought to the message that is coming along with it. We are overreacting against the cheesy Christian media of a few years ago. Christian artists are now pursuing a different and better path, but they are too often dismissed outright.
Andrew Peterson pursues excellence in musical craft and seeks to convey rich and true theology in his lyrics. He doesn’t have the budget of a Hollywood film, which sadly may turn off many, who demand only the best and most awesome thing out there right now. But he is deliberate to convey the Gospel in a lyrically rich and appealing way, shaping the music to that message, while keeping it original and not run-of-the-mill mediocre.
Ending the concert he started us singing the doxology, and then walked his whole crew off stage, leading the audience to praise God, not himself.
Check him out here.
https://www.andrew-peterson.com/
https://www.facebook.com/andrewpetersonmusic
This is a sample of one of his better lyrics – a Good Friday song that delves into what happened to the Sabbath, at the cross…
So they took His body down
The man who said He was the resurrection and the life
Was lifeless on the ground now
The sky was red as blood along the blade of night
As the Sabbath fell they shrouded Him in linen
They dressed Him like a wound
The rich man and the women
They laid Him in the tomb
Six days shall you labor, the seventh is the Lord's
In six, He made the earth and all the heavens
But He rested on the seventh
God rested
He said that it was finished
And the seventh day, He blessed it
God rested
So they laid their hopes away
They buried all their dreams
About the Kingdom He proclaimed
And they sealed them in the grave
As a holy silence fell on all Jerusalem
But the Pharisees were restless
Pilate had no peace
And Peter's heart was reckless
Mary couldn't sleep
But God rested
Six days shall you labor, the seventh is the Lord's
In six, He made the earth and all the heavens
But He rested on the seventh
God rested
He worked 'till it was finished
And the seventh day, He blessed it
He said that it was good
And the seventh day, He blessed it
God rested
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