Rewriting Worldly Songs?

[Ev. Duane Williams]

Originally Posted by Timmy

Do you take requests?

Guns N Roses, "Welcome to the Jungle"!

That would be more of an AFF theme song!

[Ev. Duane Williams]

Originally Posted by Jason Badejo

When Amazing Grace just isn't good enough, crank up the old achy breaky christianity to get the "spirit" movin'.

Amazing Grace the song or Amazing Grace in general? The Grace of God will always be good enough, but why must we be stuck with songs written in the 1800's? Is it a sin to play songs in a new style, and if so, when did it become one, after the abolition of slavery?

Then again, if the ol' time hymns and the KJV were good enough for the Apostles, they should be good enough for us right?

[Arphaxad]

Originally Posted by Ev. Duane Williams

Yes, and I believe that was post-Ozzy Sabbath, which I don't care for and couldn't sing if I tried anyway. But Satan disguises himself as an angel of light. I think he probably had much more to do with "Heaven's Just a Sin Away" than "Paranoid". Most Heavy Metal musicians were just "posers" as far as their "demonic" connections go. Ozzy Osbourne told a story in an interview that he and the rest of Black Sabbath went to see The Exorcist when it was released in 1973. When they got back to the hotel, all four of these members of the most evil, scariest band on the planet all huddled together in one hotel room, scared out of their wits! And that was just Hollywood's version of real demonic power. I don't think they could handle an encounter with the real thing.

yep, most of those "satanic" bands that the PMRC went after were just a bunch of sissy posers that got their image from the record label executives who made more money than those bands ever did.
Norwegian black metal, on the other hand, that's the real deal. That stuff is scary.

[RandyWayne]

Originally Posted by Ev. Duane Williams

Yes, and I believe that was post-Ozzy Sabbath, which I don't care for and couldn't sing if I tried anyway. But Satan disguises himself as an angel of light. I think he probably had much more to do with "Heaven's Just a Sin Away" than "Paranoid". Most Heavy Metal musicians were just "posers" as far as their "demonic" connections go. Ozzy Osbourne told a story in an interview that he and the rest of Black Sabbath went to see The Exorcist when it was released in 1973. When they got back to the hotel, all four of these members of the most evil, scariest band on the planet all huddled together in one hotel room, scared out of their wits! And that was just Hollywood's version of real demonic power. I don't think they could handle an encounter with the real thing.

There was a hilarious episode of Celebrity Ghost Stories which had a segment focusing on Alice Cooper and his experiences at an abandoned Summer camp by a lake (of all places!) when he was staying there to get away after drug rehab in the mid to early 80's. Alice was definitely all show, even during his "darkest" years, so the real thing did freak him out like a 10 year old school girl. You have to hear him tell the story for full effect.

[Ev. Duane Williams]

Originally Posted by Timmy

Do you take requests?

Guns N Roses, "Welcome to the Jungle"!

Okay here goes "Welcome to the Jungle" rewritten as an AFF theme song:

Welcome to the jungle,
Discussion is our aim,
You can say anything you want 'cause you don't have to post your name.
We are the people who condemn,
whatever you believe,
three step, one step, independents and the UPC
In the jungle welcome to the jungle.........

It's a work in progress.

[Narrow Is The Way]

Originally Posted by Ev. Duane Williams

Just like when David "borrowed" Goliath's own sword to slay him with? A weapon created with the intention of killing God's people, used by the man of God to destroy God's enemies. I've had people become interested in hearing the Gospel because of songs like this, and when they get saved, the devil's own sword has been used against him. I will use whatever I can to reach people. I've never found the self-righteous holier than thou sword to be very effective, but to each his own.

This is one of the dumbest comparisons I have ever heard.

You aren't scaring the devil one bit.

Ok, lets take everything the world does and do it our way to reach the lost.

Let's bottle up some pepsi in an alcohol bottle and pretend like we drink so somebody can be saved.

Get back to the Old Paths buddy. Learn how to pray and fast and you won't need the worlds songs to validate your ministry.

Sing a song about the Blood of Jesus. Get yourself a songbook and sing a real song, not something copied from some pot smoking homosexual, mixed with a little bit of Jesus to make him happy.

[Narrow Is The Way]

Originally Posted by Ev. Duane Williams

Okay here goes "Welcome to the Jungle" rewritten as an AFF theme song:

Welcome to the jungle,
Discussion is our aim,
You can say anything you want 'cause you don't have to post your name.
We are the people who condemn,
whatever you believe,
three step, one step, independents and the UPC
In the jungle welcome to the jungle.........

It's a work in progress.

How do you even know what these songs sound like??

Do you listen to worldly music?

What a shame.

[Arphaxad]

Originally Posted by Narrow Is The Way

How do you even know what these songs sound like??

Do you listen to worldly music?

What a shame.

These are old songs , not everyone has been in church their whole life.

[RandyWayne]

Originally Posted by Narrow Is The Way

This is one of the dumbest comparisons I have ever heard.

You aren't scaring the devil one bit.

Ok, lets take everything the world does and do it our way to reach the lost.

Let's bottle up some pepsi in an alcohol bottle and pretend like we drink so somebody can be saved.

Get back to the Old Paths buddy. Learn how to pray and fast and you won't need the worlds songs to validate your ministry.

Sing a song about the Blood of Jesus. Get yourself a songbook and sing a real song, not something copied from some pot smoking homosexual, mixed with a little bit of Jesus to make him happy.

So, aside from the lyrics, what makes a song worldly?

(And I didn't know that any of the members of Guns and Roses were gay. If you know something I don't please provide references.)

[berkeley]

Originally Posted by RandyWayne

So, aside from the lyrics, what makes a song worldly?

(And I didn't know that any of the members of Guns and Roses were gay. If you know something I don't please provide references.)

Maybe he was a groupie.