Do You Believe in Rock N’ Roll?—part 1
The
other day I heard a portion of Don McClean’s song “American Pie” and I began to
think about a portion of verse two that asks the questions: Did you write the book of love, and do you
have faith in God above, if the Bible tells you so? Do you believe in rock ’n' roll, can music
save your mortal soul…?” When I first
heard the “American Pie” album produced by Ed Freeman in 1971, I simply
considered it to be another irreverent rock song with lyrics that made fun of
sacred things. Little did I realize how
deeply philosophical McClean’s lyrics were.
At the time I first heard this song, I had no idea that by 2018 the post postmodern church would believe that rock music would be a better vehicle for presenting the Gospel of Jesus Christ. McClean was asking the deep philosophical question “do you have faith in God above, if the Bible tells you so?” Although many conservative Christians were oblivious of the fact, moderns and postmoderns were deeply in the throes of struggling over whether or not faith in God extended beyond God’s Word. So, his question addressed the issue of whether faith in God must be based on the true truth taught in the Bible.
At the time I first heard this song, I had no idea that by 2018 the post postmodern church would believe that rock music would be a better vehicle for presenting the Gospel of Jesus Christ. McClean was asking the deep philosophical question “do you have faith in God above, if the Bible tells you so?” Although many conservative Christians were oblivious of the fact, moderns and postmoderns were deeply in the throes of struggling over whether or not faith in God extended beyond God’s Word. So, his question addressed the issue of whether faith in God must be based on the true truth taught in the Bible.
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