About whether "Christian" and "Hip-Hop" are mutually exclusive:
9Marks Audio Christian Rap with Shai Linne and Voice
About whether "Christian" and "Hip-Hop" are mutually exclusive:
9Marks Audio Christian Rap with Shai Linne and Voice
AThornquist (10-13-2009), rbcbob (10-09-2009)
Bob, elder, RBC Louisville. 1689 LBCF
"... Of such also, or of those who make a credible profession of being such, all those particular churches consist, which constitute our Lord's visible kingdom. ... Consequently, all the subjects of His government must have spiritual dispositions, , and yield spiritual obedience- obedience proceeding from an enlightened understanding, an awakened conscience, and a renewed heart."- Abraham Booth 1788
TrueConvert (10-13-2009)
That was fantastic.
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TrueConvert (10-13-2009)
As may have said before me, "The media is the message," regardless of intention.
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Michael Masztal
Ruling Elder, Chapel By The Sea, ARP
Melbourne Beach, FL
Good interview.
I also highly recommend listening to every single one of the messages on the 9Marks website. They are incalculably helpful.
Benjamin P. Glaser, M. Div, Licentiate, Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church
Ruling Elder Fairmount ARP Church
Pittsburgh, PA
"I am as happy as perhaps creation can make me. I enjoy all the necessaries and most of the conveniences of life. I have a peaceful study as a refuge from the hurries and noise of the world around me, the venerable dead are waiting in my library to entertain me..." --Samuel Davies
Deo Vindice
TrueConvert (10-13-2009)
I think the idea is that the media necessarily shapes the message. In other words, the medium is not neutral. For example in our current digital/computer/internet culture not only shapes the message, but it also has an effect on those who receive the message. Information is reduced to soundbites and if it doesn't contain some visual component to stimulate our eyes, the message is ignored. In general, our children don't read as much as we did as kids (and we didn't as much as our parents, etc.).
Carl Gobelman
Long Grove Community Church (Evangelical)
Vernon Hills, IL
Blog: http://newcreationperson.wordpress.com
"Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come."
-----Added 10/13/2009 at 11:57:10 EST-----
Starting about 25 mins into the interview, Shai gets a tad too relativistic in his defense of Christian "rap" and doesn't seem to understand the role musical style has on emotion and its ability or lack thereof to convey the message.
Michael Masztal
Ruling Elder, Chapel By The Sea, ARP
Melbourne Beach, FL
what a great interview... Shai is an amazinf brother in the Lord. such amazing insight
thomas harvey
husband & father
nashua NH
OPC
Mark Hettler (10-13-2009), tlharvey7 (10-13-2009)
TRUECONVERT...
this is an argument you will never win.
it is my experience that when people think that thier opinion is God's opinion
you can never get them to agree with you.
there are some people who cannot support thier stance scripturally, (resort to non scripture resources or clever statements not found in the bible ) and will argue and dig. just let it go.
love your weaker brethren and enjoy the music that he has blessed brother Shai with. (btw... i hate rap music, but love the atonement cd)
thomas harvey
husband & father
nashua NH
OPC
TrueConvert (10-13-2009)
yea.. i have stories as well. and i love it when we are all in the car and my kids and i are singing the songs together
my favorite on that cd is "as the hour draws near" very moving peice of music. if you want an interesting study some time, look up the word "Shigionoth" in Hab 3:1
i played lead guitar for nearly 13 years in a well established black gospel group
i have seen and heard it all! but the thing i learned is that God is truly multicultural. His desire is that all these cultures worship Him in Spirit and truth. can you imagine how awesome that will be in heaven?
thomas harvey
husband & father
nashua NH
OPC
Indeed! That's gonna be amazing! It's already interesting when I put my mix of Selah, Shai Linne, Christcentric, Shane and Shane, and Sovereign Grace music on shuffle LOL. It's gonna be an amazing time for believers of every ethnicity to worship the Sovereign Lord together!!
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