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Christians can only listen to Christian music and seculars can only listen to secular music?
Why is that people that are religious seem to think that a secularist like myself doesn’t believe in God? I truly believe there is a higher power, I just don’t need books, churches, preachers or music festivals to fortify my faith. I think it is great that LifeLight is changing the musical lineup at the festival. Music is a gift from God to be enjoyed by EVERYONE who believes, not just Christians.
yeah.
why is it you think all christians are “religious”? Jesus warns about that very thing over and over again when he talks about the pharisees.
i am sad that LifeLight has left Jesus out of much of their marketing. i do not support their decision and i agree with the author of the letter. if that makes me “religious” than so be it. but it by no means makes any statement about you or your beliefs.
i think you are off on the wrong tangent here, scott, making something up that does not exist.
SUMMER JAM is a fundraiser for the SF Catholic Schools and it seems nobody writes letters to the editor complaining about leaving Jesus out of there marketing? I think the point I was trying to make is that other music festivals don’t exclude ‘Christians’ or even bands that play ‘Christian’ music, but LifeLight has excluded bands that don’t have the ‘Christian’ label. What makes a band ‘Christian’ anyway? Seriously?
that is up to summer jam and the sf catholic schools. i am not stating that LifeLight MUST proclaim Jesus, i am lamenting that in the past they did so, and i supported them because of it. apparently, so did the author of the letter. we have that right, scott.
your point is not well taken, it is a judgement call that suggests those of us who are christians don’t have the right to tailor events to the Lord we believe in. LifeLight has a right to proclaim Jesus or not, i just don’t support their decision to water down the event that in the past was so bold for Him.
the whole question about what makes a band christian has nothing to do with the letter in my mind. i think you are making that stuff up to make a big deal out of nothing.
that’s just the way i see it.
“I think you are making that stuff up to make a big deal out of nothing.”
I learned that tactic from my judgemental hypocritical Christian friends.
I think that it is sad that people feel that Lifelight has “watered down†the event by possibly offering crossover bands and by changing the advertising to possibly appeal to a wider audience. Is Lifelight an event for Christians? You bet. Is it an event for non-Christians? That’s the real question.
Really what is the purpose of Lifelight? I think if you ask many Christian they would say it is to bring glory to God, which is half right. The real purpose of Lifelight is the same as the purpose of being a Christian, to help non-believers come to know Jesus. By adding some secular artist who might bring people out to the festival that wouldn’t have come before, the people of Lifelight have succeeded.
Lifelight is sponsored by churches throughout the region that come as groups and train on how to help non-believers come to know Jesus.
Christians are going to go to the event, that’s a given. They know Jesus. The event is to help other come to know Him. Christians who criticize the ways to the means of Lifelight should stop and think about the real goal.
Let no man deceive himself. If any man among you seemeth to be wise in this world, let him become a fool, that he may be wise.
1 Corinthians 3:18
(wow, all that praying lately maybe is doing something. I’ll keep praying for you scott too).
hey. we all have our right to an opinion. i disagree, but don’t disrespect.
i believe very strongly that an enemy is at work doing his best to camoflage the Light of the World. i’d hate to think he is gaining ground at LifeLight by convincing them that leaving Jesus out of the marketing is a good idea… i still support them, and will still invite people to go, but do not like the stuff i see happening.
Now if they could just do something about those pesky teenagers partying in the campgrounds.
Wonder if Tim Kant is available to monitor it?
I am a Christian who has never been to Lifelight – am I a non-Christian for NOT attending one? I just like meaningful music, period, and have not been interested in much other than folk tunes, rock-n-roll, some pop), classical and jazz to name a few – I like the idea of inviting all to Lifelight – I just may come now that diversity is going to be more of a part of it (I do not like Christan music that continuously asks for altar calls and over-preaches, as I think people are generally smart enough to know how to accept an invitation or not to accept – and another thought – wouldn’t it be cool if the Lifelight leaders and crowd would conduct an orderly discussion of this whole “war on terror” thing? Is love one another, thou shalt kill, and love your enemies comes to mind – and yes, of course, WWJD?
You make a good point, God created us, and therfore created music, isn’t our music, whether secular or whatever, a reflection of God’s creation?
In other words, labels suck. I like to praise God while listening to Charles Mingus, and I think God would agree that Charlie is a heck of lot more talented then the Newsboys.