Dare them to move

[...] John of Lake Neuron is sour on a recent review he read: I don’t like the way the reviewer clucks his tongue at them because there are no specifically religious lyrics this time around. Heaven forbid that Christians be allowed to create art without specifically evangelistic intent! No wonder that serious Christians in the music industry are sometimes hesitant to label themselves — not because they are ashamed of Christ, but because people like this try to box them up. [...]

Some of my friends played in a band back in the early nineties named PFR, which was a Christian Band. They won a Dove and were up for a Grammy.
Excellent band.
They were also a Christian band and took hit for stuff like this.
Finally, they had enough. One of the members decided he was done with the music industry. He just wanted to make music. Nothing more, nothing less and was one of the most wonderful guys I’ve ever met. He got tired of the reviews saying they weren’t Christian enough and in all fairness, they they were too secular.
He’s a Youth Director at a church in Minnesota now.
I think he’ s much happier.
By the way, their greatest hits album is one of the best recording I’ve ever heard.

PFR was a great band! I’ve still got my copy of “Goldie’s Last Day”, an album I thoroughly enjoyed. And, John, I agree with you . . . there is an element of Christian media and Christianity in general that tries to “box” people up, forgetting how much great art exists in the world that was created by Christians without having to spell the gospels out in big, preschool type every time. It reminds me of the song written about this very subject with the self-explanatory title by Leslie “Sam” Phillips: “Baby I Can’t Please You”.

Some of my friends played in a band back in the early nineties named PFR, which was a Christian Band. They won a Dove and were up for a Grammy.
Excellent band.
They were also a Christian band and took hit for stuff like this.
Finally, they had enough. One of the members decided he was done with the music industry. He just wanted to make music. Nothing more, nothing less and was one of the most wonderful guys I’ve ever met. He got tired of the reviews saying they weren’t Christian enough and in all fairness, they they were too secular.
He’s a Youth Director at a church in Minnesota now.
I think he’ s much happier.
By the way, their greatest hits album is one of the best recording I’ve ever heard.

PFR was a great band! I’ve still got my copy of “Goldie’s Last Day”, an album I thoroughly enjoyed. And, John, I agree with you . . . there is an element of Christian media and Christianity in general that tries to “box” people up, forgetting how much great art exists in the world that was created by Christians without having to spell the gospels out in big, preschool type every time. It reminds me of the song written about this very subject with the self-explanatory title by Leslie “Sam” Phillips: “Baby I Can’t Please You”.