Word: gospels
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...message and making it '90s friendly. For a growing number of Christian musicians, this means using rock and rap as vehicles to carry religious messages to young audiences. Of course, this isn't a new strategy, since musicians have been combining popular music and religious themes for decades. Gospel, with its roots in the blues, was once considered too earthy to perform in church; the rock opera Jesus Christ Superstar came out way back in 1970; and Christian diva Amy Grant has been racking up Grammys and gold records for years with her lite-FM pop. But younger Christian performers...
...this presidential election year begins, we are hearing once again from those who preach the dangerous gospel of protection and isolation," Christopher said. "As President Clinton said at the beginning of his administration, 'we must compete, not retreat...
...Kuumba Singers, which perform African-American music, sang several gospel hymns including "I've Been 'Buked" and "Come Out the Wilderness." The audience also sang two Christian hymns...
...TESTAMENT EVENTS ARE NOT THE only ones called into question by biblical archaeologists and scholars. In 1994 one of the foremost authorities on early Christian studies declared that the Gospel According to Matthew, as well as the three other Gospels, was a myth. New archaeological findings are changing our understanding of almost every facet of ancient history. This is something Christians and Jews can experience together. MICHAEL L. HITTLEMAN Los Angeles...
...SKUNK ANANSIE Paranoid & Sunburnt (Epic/One Little Indian). This British quartet, one of the few hard-rock bands fronted by a black woman, boasts a scaldingly bold sound, mixing chunks of punk, bits of R. and B. and even a dash of gospel in its joyously fierce debut album...