Showing posts with label American Idol. Show all posts
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Wednesday, April 16, 2008

American Idol and Christian Music

I do not watch American Idol, I work evenings, if I did not then I would be at church when it is on. That being said, on the way home from work one night I heard on the local Christian music station a song identified as American Idol Contestants that clearly was a praise and worship song that I heard many times before. I could swear that night the the name of Jesus was in the song. I did not think much of it till I came across this video at ThinkChristian.net



If this is from the show, and I have no reason to believe it is not, why did I hear one version from the radio and another from the show. I am shocked that they took Jesus out and put the word Shepard in. Yes, the Lord is my Shepard, but by taking the name of Jesus out they just watered it down so as to say, the Lord is who you want it to be.

I am happy that a great song made it to a secular show like that, but I wonder of the motives, especially when they changed the words.

EDIT AFTER ORIGINAL POST

Ok so on further inspection they did the song again the next night:


At least they got the words right this time, and that may be what I heard on the radio. It is hard to say. It still feels weird a show trying to glorify some new talent singing about the only one that should be glorified.