We kick off our God @ the Billboards series this weekend. We handed out invite cards this weekend. The evite goes out today.
God @ the Billboards is one of two "culture series" that we do each year. The other one is God @ the Box Office.
It's always tough picking songs. We're going after lyrics that we can exegete and juxtapose with Scripture. We also want a great song musically that had radio recognizability. We've landed on a fun list with some genre variety. We're actually doing a character study this year. For example, I'm talking about Job week. If anybody had a Bad Day it's Job.
Andrew Fletcher, said, "Give me the making of the songs of a nation and I care not who writes its laws." Our culture is shaped, even more than we know, by the movies we watch and the music we listen to. Approximately 40% of Americans attend church on any given Sunday which means that 60% of Americans are getting their theology from someplace else. For better or for worse, whether we like it or not, the musicians who write music and the producers who make movies are the chief theologians of our culture. Movies and music shape the soul and the psyche of approximately 175 million Americans. We better be talking about it if we want to be relevant.
God @ the Billboards is one of two "culture series" that we do each year. The other one is God @ the Box Office.
It's always tough picking songs. We're going after lyrics that we can exegete and juxtapose with Scripture. We also want a great song musically that had radio recognizability. We've landed on a fun list with some genre variety. We're actually doing a character study this year. For example, I'm talking about Job week. If anybody had a Bad Day it's Job.
Andrew Fletcher, said, "Give me the making of the songs of a nation and I care not who writes its laws." Our culture is shaped, even more than we know, by the movies we watch and the music we listen to. Approximately 40% of Americans attend church on any given Sunday which means that 60% of Americans are getting their theology from someplace else. For better or for worse, whether we like it or not, the musicians who write music and the producers who make movies are the chief theologians of our culture. Movies and music shape the soul and the psyche of approximately 175 million Americans. We better be talking about it if we want to be relevant.
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im super excited about this series - i even went and downloaded all the songs on itunes so that im familiar with them (im not the pop music guru that i could be, i admit it)
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