![]() ![]() The article, if you didn’t click over, essentially states that the music is wonderful but the tune is wasted on lyrics that are “a brooding, angst filled, lonely ode to failure”. Olasky’s attempt to “reclaim” one of the greatest songs of the twentieth century is quite worrisome. ![]() As an orthodox (reformed even!) evangelical, this sort of holy-cleanup of culture sits uncomfortably… not to mention it’s a total buzzkill. In recent memory, Marvin Olasky over at World Magazine, an important Evangelical publication, has told me Leonard Cohen’s Hallelujah is wicked and should be redone in a more “Christ honoring way”. that do not meet the standard of “edifying”. Turn on the radio and Lady Gaga and her really, really, really rich producers will tell you that you were “Born This Way”.īut the sad trend that I see within American evangelicalism isn’t simply to make art that isn’t “good”, but the act of selectively excluding art/books/music/etc. And to be fair, this is not just a “Christian” problem. Art that, like a senator’s campaign ad, disposes of quality and creativity to allow for an airtight theological agenda. It’s not a secret that there is a lot of bad, bad art being made by Christians. ![]()
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