Saturday, April 26, 2008
the rock (stars) cries out
i am not sure how many of you saw the idol gives back, i did not. however i did here about it. many people have commented how nice it was to here them sing a worship song. others have commented on the changing of the name Jesus to Shepherd. other then it sounding pretty nice with the quality sounding solos by my two favorites on the show. yes i have favorites. with the writers strike and not much to choose i have actually watched american idol for the first time in however many seasons.
the inquiry that i have to ask about was that song worship?
i cannot speak of the hearts of the people on american idol. some of them might be very solid believers of Christ and have a great relationship with Him. if that is the case then it could be considered worship.
and for the christians who might have been watching them sing it could have been a worship experience.
what i am wondering is did the unbelievers singing or watching this performance actually worship?
can there be worship with unbelief? what is worship in spirit and truth?
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In response to your question "can worship happen in unbelief?"..here is an excerpt from joshua harris's blog (the dude from I Kissed Dating Goodbye)
"...let me gently disagree with people who are upset about the song being sung, edited or not. Don't get so worked up about unsaved people singing songs of praise to Jesus. It happens every Sunday in churches around the world. It happens in my church every Sunday. Thankfully, a large portion of people at our church are Christians. But there are many people who claim to know Christ that don't. And there are many unbelieving people who come who need to repent and believe."
Okay I hit an error and it just erased my whole comment, so I am gonna try again. Nate, I know you frmo IWU (hanging out with Michelle and Steve). I hope you don't mind that I "stopped by". I noticed your comment about the American Idol song. we did watch it and my husband and I nearly feel off our seats in shock. As shocking as it seems, I was also got teary -eyed b/c no matter how you look at it, the song still speaks a message. Just think of all the people that heard the message of that song. I understand your point of the unsaved singing it and worship, but I guess I look more at the ministry of it and God can still use it, I think.
We were excited to see it on there and know that people were hearing a powerful song about MY JESUS!
How awesome is that!
Thanks for posting questions like that--it makes us stretch our faith!
Hope you don't mind that I commented!
Thanks, Carolyn Bishop
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