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LEAVE
THE GUY ALONE
Subject: Leave the guy alone!
Date: Wed, 1 Aug 2001
From: Nita Smith
OK.....I read
all the so-called insightful opinions and concerns about Thomas
Kinkade's art. For pete's sake, leave the guy alone! He's depicting
a wonderful peaceful world, and what's wrong with that? This IS
a "hard" world, and when hasn't it been! Theorizing all this isolationism,
etc., is nonsense. This is the guy's STYLE. Do people criticize
and read undercurrent meaning into Picasso's STYLE? Or any other
of the so-called classic or modern artists??? Kincade doesn't
claim to be any social activist. He's an ARTIST. This is ART,
expression and talent........not realism. Is it possible the critic
is making himself feel better by attempting to tear down someone
else? That's a simple, very old and overused strategy. Give it
a rest. I love his beautiful scenes, as do many other Christians
and non-Christians alike. There's nothing sinister or "anti-people"
about them. Talk about your "conspiracy theories"!!!! Nonsense.
Get a life and leave the guy alone.
Nita Smith
THIS
IS ANGRY MAIL
Subject: thomas kincade
Date: Wed, 1 Aug 2001
From: E.H.
this is my
angry mail ..!!........... i can't believe you review Thomas Kincade
as an artist. He does bad copies of old hallmark cards!! Any subject
is valid, if it is art. Thomas Kincade is good at marketing and
further dulling the mind and culture of all ready easily led astray
christians, he markets himself different in different markets,
not just to christians!!! These ignorant people paying for his
signature on a poster !! i have nothing against his paintings,
but it can never be called art any more than the painting on the
xerox paper box instructions!
--------------E.H. - christian and artist
GIVE
ME A BREAK
Subject: re
Date: Wed, 1 Aug 2001
From: Foreverjesus
why do we
as people always always try to pick apart the beauty of a simple
picture, give me a break! IDOLTRY, please. i think you think to
much.
STRONG
FAMILIES
Subject: Strong Families
Date: Wed, 1 Aug 2001
From: Merle
David, First
of all I want to say that I really love your site. You have an
incredible ministry, and your insightful reviews have taught me
to watch film in a whole new way. I love your newsletters, I get
excited every time I receive one, they challenge me and make me
think. I understand and agree with you and your assessment of
the "Thomas Kinkeade Dilemma" Although I feel it's a bit judgmental
to single out him as a representation of the problem with Christians
today. I'm sure there are many examples within the Christian community
that demonstrate this disengagement problem. True the representations
are there, but just as you would not purchase a film on video
strictly for it's violence or sexual content, I would not buy
a Thomas Kinkead painting and hang it on my wall strictly to represent
that I'm disconnected from the real world. I would buy it because
it's a beautiful painting that I enjoy looking at. (Personally
I don't have, and probably would never buy any of his paintings).
I am a father of five children and I believe that family is the
most important foundation of any society, and that strong families
(Not TV, movies or video games) are the key to the elimination
of youth violence and school shootings. David, where the myth
lies is in the question of what makes a strong family. A strong
family does not have to have both parents. A strong family does
not have to live in a great neighborhood. A strong family is not
disconnected from the outside world. A strong family does not
even have to be Christian! (oh my gosh, but it sure helps). My
recipe for a strong family is allot of love and support. With
the right amount of love and support within a family (Whether
it's a blood family, a church family or a community family) No
individual or youth would ever resort to violence. Let's not leave
the entertainment industry completely off the hook though, I believe
they should share in the responsibility, as we all should, art
is not a license to kill. I respect you allot David so if I'm
way off base here, please straighten me out.
Merle
DISENGAGEMENT
Subject: Disengagement
Response Date: Wed, 1 Aug 2001
From: "J. W. Dudgeon"
Dear Mr. Bruce,
You have struck a nerve. I totally agree with the 'disengagement
syndrome' which you have highlighted.
Unfortunately,
I'm one of the disengagers.
I'm in the
'fall' of my life span (born in'42). A born again Christian at
age 37; a slow learner for sure. Lost my job to NAFTA last year.
Now I'm at home so much my kids are worried about me!!! imagine
that. I quit going to church seventeen years ago because all I
saw was 'disengagers'. About every member was family related.
If you even mentioned a show like 'Dallas'...conversation over!
When the Sunday service was over everyone went to their respective
homes never to be heard from until the next Sunday.
I am a disengager
because I'm tired of the 'hassle'. Everybody argues, disagrees,
complains, beefs...etc,etc.
I guess what
I'm trying to say is its easy to be a disengager. Leave the world
out there and be at peace in your own isolationism...yes, a downright
lazy attitude! With articles like this the slumbering giant within
awakens. Soooooo as my confessional; I am coming out to engage
the enemy!
Thanks for the awakening,
J.W.Dudgeon,
jwdud@rtcol.com
RON
DiCIANNI, THOMAS KINKADE, A THOUGHT, NOT BAD.
Subject:
Date: Tue, 31 Jul 2001
From: cynthia
David, First,
I must tell you that I respect you and believe that God is behind
your ministry. I admire your boldness. I agree that Mr. Kincaids
work is light, but that is O.K. God made everyone with the giftedness
that he wants them to have. I am not condeming your opinion, I
see where you are coming from. We do not know that his paintings
have not reached out to the non-christian world. I think that
they have, at least he Is quite bold in letting the world know
that his beliefs are what bring him to his canvas to produce the
beautiful paintings. I agree that the market is flooded with candy
style religion. You yourself must experience daily the rejection
and negativity from your brothers and sisters who do not understand
what you are doing, so who are we to question God's will in his
life? Please be supportive, I am thankful for his art. You have
forgotten one of the greatest artists of today, Ron DiCianni.
Cheque out his art. And the brave graphic designers who create
cutting edge designs that capture peoples eyes on teeshirts, books,
CDs and more. I am one of them. I pray for you and the people
who you meet and relate to. God will be with you wherever you
go. Joshua 1:9. Thank you for doing what you are doing. I appreciate
it. May we all live in our giftedness. God bless, Cynthia Topaz
VALID
POINTS
Subject: Kinkade style
Date: Tue, 31 Jul 2001
From: Cyndy
You make some
very valid points. How wonderful it would be to encourage Thomas
Kincade to paint "light" in more contemporary settings. I am sure
he is up to the task and it could really expand the audience that
he now reaches.
AN
OPEN MINDED CONCERN OF MINE...
Subject: An open-minded concern of mine.....
Date: Thu, 2 Aug 2001
From: No Name
Hello, I know
that this letter is a bit long, but please take a moment to read
it. I would really love to hear a response from you on this.
I am a Christian
AND a huge movie buff. I have been a movie buff longer than a
Christian, and over the years, I have struggled with what is appropriate
to watch AS a Christian and what isn't.
When I first
became saved, I had two "RADICAL" friends who condemned me for
watching certain Disney films because they had some 'magic' in
them. I felt ashamed and watched them in secret. I now realize
how wrong these two people were for pushing their convictions
on me and trying to be my holy spirit. Their sense of 'holiness'
was more of a 'religious' bondage than it was based on a 'relationship'
with Christ. I had been set free of the religious bondage and
now I allow the Holy Spirit to direct my steps and guide my convictions
instead of man.
Over the years,
I have grown as a Christian, and there are certain things that
I use to enjoy watching just for pleasure, like "GREASE," "FOOTLOOSE,"
and others.
Now I have
two daughters, and I have suddenly seen something that I have
never seen before. When I first saw these films years ago, I had
no Godly convictions, they were fun films, and they remind me
of those wonderful years of fun. But when I watched "GREASE" with
my daughter, she started parading around the house pulling her
nightgown down off her shoulders and acting 'slutty' just like
the characters were in the film. I was SHOCKED and HORRIFIED.
I immediately turned it off and had a talk with my daughter about
why it was wrong.
Then I thought
to myself, how can I expect her to realize why this is wrong,
and yet keep this movie in my home which says to her, it's ok
to watch and be entertained by it, but it's not Godly to do these
things? I thought about the scripture that says we must crucify
our flesh, pick up our cross and follow Christ. Being a Christian
means denying our fleshly desires for the better of our spirits,
so my wife and I went through our video collection and we painfully
removed some of our favorite films that would conflict with what
we wanted to teach our daughters.
We removed
"FOOTLOOSE" because it shows an unsaved boy who talks about sex
a lot, and sneaks around to party and drink, who stands up to
the man of God (even though he was a bit narrow-minded), and twists
the scriptures to convince the minister that dancing before the
Lord was OK and approved by God. Then when the minister gives
in, they use the opportunity to dance in ways that is NOT 'before
the Lord.' It portrays the ministers daughter, who sleeps around
and rebels against her father, as a hero and a good person, who
sins without consequences.
There were
other films we removed for several of the same reasons, 'bad language'
(how can we teach these words are offensive to God when we allow
them in our home as entertainment?), 'sexual content outside of
marriage', (again, how can we teach what's proper when we see
our movie hero's enjoying it without consequences?), and other
content that conflicts with the teaching of God.
Since we have
done this, I have seen a dramatic improvement in our daughters
behavior, and I know she will respect us later in life for us
sticking to what we teach and not being hypocritical.
Not only has
the change happened in her, but it has happen in us as well. We
are no longer popping these films in when we are bored and feeding
ourselves the same damaging impressions that we did before. We
are not feeding our own minds with the foul language that we use
to just 'overlook' before, because the movie was just too good
or funny. I asked myself, is it OK to listen to the foul language
as long as it's a good movie with a good moral? Is it OK to watch
people talk about and have casual sex without consequences in
a movie even if the movie is a Hollywood hit with good points
like 'FORREST GUMP'? Are we really pleasing the Lord when we choose
to fill our spare time with these films?
Then I can't
help but wonder, what kind of example were we giving when we would
introduce these 'innocent' films to our church friends? Or even
to our UNSAVED friends? Were we showing them that Christians can
have fun too and watch immoral stuff, and that it's OK? Or were
we showing them that we were really not the Christians that we
were trying to convense them we were?
The choices
we made were strictly our own choices based on what we felt the
Lord was showing us. We have grown as Christians and have drawn
closer to the Lord because of it. I would NEVER attempt to push
my convictions on others, then I would have done the same as my
other two 'RADICAL' friends who wrongfully condemned me.
I know that
some people in the church have wrongfully condemned you for your
stance on films. You are so right in several of the films that
you recommend. I understand the value of certain films (even some
rated R ones) like "Bless The Child" (what a fantastic film that
shows the spiritual warfare from BOTH sides) and the educational
value from films like "SHENDLER'S LIST" and "SAVING PRIVATE RYAN."
But I am troubled
by some of the comments made by some people who support your ministry.
Like the one who enjoys "THE EVIL DEAD." Then the others who use
your convictions to justify them watching films that are laced
with language that is offensive to God and scenes that promote
un-marrital sex among the stars and without consequences, and
they watch them JUST for entertainment value.
Should Christians
be entertained by these things? Were Do we draw the line and say
"THAT ISN'T APPROPRIATE TO WATCH"?
May I ask
without offending you........were do you draw this line? I know
where MY line is drawn, and I pray that MY line doesn't cause
anyone to stumble. But someone like you, speaking as an authority
on Christianity AND Hollywood films, and someone who is setting
the standard for others new Christians to follow, do you ever
draw the line?
Please don't
take this letter as anything other than an honest concern and
question. I have not judged you, nor do I plan to. May the Lord
richly bless you and your ministry.
DISENGAGEMENT
FROM THE WORLD
Subject: Newsletter_27-Kinkade
Date: Tue, 31 Jul 2001
From: "Robert Klimowski"
Thanks for
your newsletter. You've made some good points, kindly, but courageeously.
I'm a public school teacher (and a Christian) and have always
been somewhat taken aback by the home school movement. In Christian
circles, I've noticed a paranoia over what goes on in our public
schools that is blown out of proportion. Folks, it's a tough place
to work, but our school certainly isn't a "war zone" (I teach
in inner-city Des Moines), and the only "agenda" my fellow colleagues
have is "surviving" another day in the trenches. The media makes
the state of our public schools sound much worse than it really
is, I fear, and drive many to home school their children for the
wrong reason.
I have been
tempted to start a home-Sunday School movement to give my kids
a better Christian education than our church provides. Unlike
many in the home school movement, I do not fear heresy or corruption,
but rank amateurism in our Sunday school classrooms. It's a sad
state of affairs when discipline in many Sunday school and youth
groups is so lax as to make a public school teacher cringe. We
are too afraid of "offending" a brother or sister in Christ by
disciplining their kids. I do it daily at the public school, and
don't think twice about it. But when I enter my church, I feel
that such action would be frowned upon, so I hesitate to discipline
the youth. Any teacher in the public schools knows that you are
not the students' "pal." Why haven't the teachers of Sunday school
and youth groups learned this? Was Jesus the disciples' "pal"?
We are too fearful of driving people away from the church. Didn't
Jesus say that the truth would set us free?
Now as a single
parent of two kids, I am very much aware how important it is to
put the Word of God into my kids hearts and life. The public schools
won't do this, and it's a rare Sunday school class that does.
Therefore, it all comes down to my responsibility, and I embrace
it. Do I want an "outsider" to introduce my kids to the most intimate
relationship they'll ever develop - with the Lord Jesus Christ?
No way. And it's not that I'm paranoid, but because I don't want
to be "robbed" of that joy.
I agree with
you completely regarding raising home and family to the level
of idolatry. Then very name of the Christian organization Focus
on the Family is a painful reminder of just that. Perhaps our
focus is wrong. Based on name alone, an organization called Focus
on Jesus would get my support much quicker. But to our worldly
souls, the real Jesus is not as attractive as an "Ozzie and Harriet"
lifestyle.
Thanks again
for sharing your thoughts honestly. Many of your brothers in Christ
agree.
In His Love, B. Klimowski
E-mail: martinu4@home.com
FREE
TO BE
Subject: Newsletter_27
Date: Tue, 31 Jul 2001
From: "Wilson"
David, I agree
with you that Thomas Kinkaid paintings have a Christian escapist
and isolationist viewpoint. To which I also say you should also
consider a few points:
1) So what? It's a free country. We have a right to be that way.
2) That's the reason why he is so popular. They are where we wish
we were -- away from the ugly news of riots and other crimes and
the people who commit them.
3) The problem with painting people is that he'll have to commit
to a particular gender and race. Next you'll be complaining that
he only paints white men, etc.
And where
did you get statistics about colonial america? I didn't think
they kept very good records back then.
Another perspective
on your numbers is that the Holy Spirit has protected our children.
Keep up the good work. I actually read your newsletter.
Wilson
LACK
OF KNOWLEDGE ABOUT CHRISTIAN ART & ARTISTS
Subject: Newsletter_27-Kinkade
Date: Tue, 31 Jul 2001
From: Gordon Stromberg
I think...
that the general Christian public knows very little about what
contemporary, living Christian artists are doing. (Look up Christians
in the Visual Arts). There is a community of Christian artists,
and some are well known, possibly famous. If Kinkade is Famous,
I guess I don't want it. There is nothing wrong with honoring
the family or flowers (both are inventions of God) or light. Kinkade's
images look like cottages in the Cotswolds are each shining with
some holiness. He just needs to look at a lot of good films, a
lot of educational tv, and read a magazine about Tattoos. Kinkade,
bless his fame and money, is creating a product that people are
buying. There is something about the message that people like.
It doesn't happen to be my thing.
Gordon Stromberg
PS What would
happen if Christians wandered into a Starbucks 2 Sundays out of
the year and struck up a conversation with someone in a wheelchair
about their Christian faith. Ask people how they interpret Mr.
Kinkades paint. Give me an artist that challenges me to relate
to the current culture of racial hate, Bethlehem, Palestine being
bombed by people that survived WWII ! Let me paint a picture of
Palestinians trying to pick olives, only to have their olive trees
destroyed with grenades. Pray for PEACE in war torn areas.
THANK
YOU!
Subject: Newsletter 27
The Good Old Days
Date: Tue, 31 Jul 2001
From: Andy Milliken
Wonderful
Job as always Dave, you hit the nail on the head of not isolating
ourselves off from the world. I'm a college student majoring in
evanglism at Moody Bible Institute in Chicago and i both agree
and appreciated your website and thoughts. I believe we need to
know and understand people and culture in order to be able to
minster to them/it and that's extremely hard if we put ourselves
in our nice little christian bubbles or houses. Your work and
website our excellent and i throughly support and appreicate your
work. Keep up the good work and don't the critics get you down,
thier not who you answer to in the end.
Andy Milliken
DISENGAGEMENT
FROM THE WORLD
Subject: Newsletter_27-Kinkade
Date: Tue, 31 Jul 2001
From: B. Klimowski
Thanks for
your newsletter. You've made some good points, kindly, but courageeously.
I'm a public school teacher (and a Christian) and have always
been somewhat taken aback by the home school movement. In Christian
circles, I've noticed a paranoia over what goes on in our public
schools that is blown out of proportion. Folks, it's a tough place
to work, but our school certainly isn't a "war zone" (I teach
in inner-city Des Moines), and the only "agenda" my fellow colleagues
have is "surviving" another day in the trenches. The media makes
the state of our public schools sound much worse than it really
is, I fear, and drive many to home school their children for the
wrong reason.
I have been
tempted to start a home-Sunday School movement to give my kids
a better Christian education than our church provides. Unlike
many in the home school movement, I do not fear heresy or corruption,
but rank amateurism in our Sunday school classrooms. It's a sad
state of affairs when discipline in many Sunday school and youth
groups is so lax as to make a public school teacher cringe. We
are too afraid of "offending" a brother or sister in Christ by
disciplining their kids. I do it daily at the public school, and
don't think twice about it. But when I enter my church, I feel
that such action would be frowned upon, so I hesitate to discipline
the youth. Any teacher in the public schools knows that you are
not the students' "pal." Why haven't the teachers of Sunday school
and youth groups learned this? Was Jesus the disciples' "pal"?
We are too fearful of driving people away from the church. Didn't
Jesus say that the truth would set us free?
Now as a single
parent of two kids, I am very much aware how important it is to
put the Word of God into my kids hearts and life. The public schools
won't do this, and it's a rare Sunday school class that does.
Therefore, it all comes down to my responsibility, and I embrace
it. Do I want an "outsider" to introduce my kids to the most intimate
relationship they'll ever develop - with the Lord Jesus Christ?
No way. And it's not that I'm paranoid, but because I don't want
to be "robbed" of that joy.
I agree with
you completely regarding raising home and family to the level
of idolatry. Then very name of the Christian organization Focus
on the Family is a painful reminder of just that. Perhaps our
focus is wrong. Based on name alone, an organization called Focus
on Jesus would get my support much quicker. But to our worldly
souls, the real Jesus is not as attractive as an "Ozzie and Harriet"
lifestyle.
Thanks again
for sharing your thoughts honestly. Many of your brothers in Christ
agree.
In His Love, B. Klimowski
E-mail: martinu4@home.com
FREE
TO BE
Subject: Newsletter_27
Date: Tue, 31 Jul 2001
From: "Wilson"
David, I agree
with you that Thomas Kinkaid paintings have a Christian escapist
and isolationist viewpoint. To which I also say you should also
consider a few points:
1) So what? It's a free country. We have a right to be that way.
2) That's the reason why he is so popular. They are where we wish
we were -- away from the ugly news of riots and other crimes and
the people who commit them.
3) The problem with painting people is that he'll have to commit
to a particular gender and race. Next you'll be complaining that
he only paints white men, etc.
And where
did you get statistics about colonial america? I didn't think
they kept very good records back then.
Another perspective
on your numbers is that the Holy Spirit has protected our children.
Keep up the good work. I actually read your newsletter.
Wilson
LACK
OF KNOWLEDGE ABOUT CHRISTIAN ART & ARTISTS
Subject: Newsletter_27-Kinkade
Date: Tue, 31 Jul 2001
From: Gordon Stromberg
I think...
that the general Christian public knows very little about what
contemporary, living Christian artists are doing. (Look up Christians
in the Visual Arts). There is a community of Christian artists,
and some are well known, possibly famous. If Kinkade is Famous,
I guess I don't want it. There is nothing wrong with honoring
the family or flowers (both are inventions of God) or light. Kinkade's
images look like cottages in the Cotswolds are each shining with
some holiness. He just needs to look at a lot of good films, a
lot of educational tv, and read a magazine about Tattoos. Kinkade,
bless his fame and money, is creating a product that people are
buying. There is something about the message that people like.
It doesn't happen to be my thing.
Gordon Stromberg
PS What would
happen if Christians wandered into a Starbucks 2 Sundays out of
the year and struck up a conversation with someone in a wheelchair
about their Christian faith. Ask people how they interpret Mr.
Kinkades paint. Give me an artist that challenges me to relate
to the current culture of racial hate, Bethlehem, Palestine being
bombed by people that survived WWII ! Let me paint a picture of
Palestinians trying to pick olives, only to have their olive trees
destroyed with grenades. Pray for PEACE in war torn areas.
THANK
YOU!
Subject:
Newsletter 27
The Good Old Days
Date: Tue, 31 Jul 2001
From: Andy Milliken
Wonderful
Job as always Dave, you hit the nail on the head of not isolating
ourselves off from the world. I'm a college student majoring in
evanglism at Moody Bible Institute in Chicago and i both agree
and appreciated your website and thoughts. I believe we need to
know and understand people and culture in order to be able to
minster to them/it and that's extremely hard if we put ourselves
in our nice little christian bubbles or houses. Your work and
website our excellent and i throughly support and appreicate your
work. Keep up the good work and don't the critics get you down,
thier not who you answer to in the end.
Andy Milliken
DISENGAGEMENT!
Subject:
Newsletter 27
great Date: Tue, 31 Jul 2001
From: Tony Whittaker
Dear Dave
Very thought-provoking comments in the newsletter, and very valuable.
The quotes I put in the Web Evangelism Bulletin are I think applicable
(you may not have had time to notice them) and also tie in with
your comments - I'll add them below.
Of course,
and I know you'd agree, I think that Christians need guidance
in attempting to understand the culture around them and how to
offer a response to it. The issue is not just whether they go
and see certain films or books, but whether they can learn how
to analyse what is going on. Eg. use the sorts of insights that
you, or www.damaris.org.uk
are offering. I think it is worth noting the comment that Francis
Schaeffer made to an audience, when asked 'Do you mean we should
all go and watch dirty films', he said, 'No, but some of you should.'
I think as
a younger Christian (and younger male), it would have been unwise
for me to watch certain stuff then, that maybe I could now view
more analytically.
Thanks as ever for all your thoughts.
Blessings Tony
ADDRESSING
THE CULTURE Two thought-provoking extracts from recent articles
in Christian Herald [ http://www.christianherald.org.uk
]: "Imagine that someone buys a manual to find out more about
his Japanese car; then, because the book itself is very exciting,
he becomes engrossed in it. He pores over every phrase, learns
it cover to cover, knows the instruction bits by heart, defends
it against all critics, has technical arguments with other devotees,
studies Japanese to read it in the original language, yet never
uses it to drive the car."
- Elaine Storkey
"Draw three
large boats in relation to the sea: the first a submarine under
the sea, the second a hovercraft above the sea, and the third
a ship cutting through the sea. Imagine the sea is the culture
that surrounds us and that the three boats represent three relationships
Christians can have with culture. There are those who are submerged
in it, those who hover above it, and those that are in it but
not of it. Which boat most represents your relationship to the
culture that surrounds you?"
- Matt Bird, taken from Joshua Generation discipleship course,
Part 6.
Joshua Generation is a team which partners with churches and organizations
around the world to help them understand, engage, and develop
the next generation: http://www.joshgen.org
IDOLS
OUT OF FAMILIES!
Subject:
Newsletter 27
Date: Wed, 1 Aug 2001
From: "Dennis Brown"
Great insight.
Evangelical churches many times make idols of family and comfort
and control. I'm convinced that is one of the reasons for the
popularity of Kinkade's work among evangelicals. Barna has pointed
out the lack of distinctiveness between Christians and the rest
of the culture. We largely preach a Gospel for me; a Savior whose
principal purpose is to meet "my" felt needs. Matthew refers consistently
to the "gospel of the kingdom". Unhappily, in the evangelical
church we have often divorced gospel from kingdom. I've seen the
evidences in my own life and been called to some fresh repentance.
Dennis Brown
Springton Lake Presbyterian Church
A
POINT OF VIEW SIMILAR TO MINE!
Subject:
Newsletter 27
Date: Tue, 31 Jul 2001
From: Sharon
Hi there.
I have been reading your newsletters and looking at your website
for a long time now. I want to thank you so much for your views
on things. It is really refreshing to get a point of view that
is similar to mine. I often get really frustrated with Christianity,
and how unrealistic it often is. I am sometimes ridiculed by my
Christian friends because I hardly ever listen to Christian music,
read Christian books all that often, or live your typical "Christian
life" if there even is one. I hardly ever listen to Christian
music because it all is too gooey and does not challenge me in
the way non-Christian music does. If you really listen to what
some of the artists out there are saying, it's pretty amazing.
It is very encouraging to hear that you are challenging others
to live outside of the "Leave it to Beaver" lifestyle. Please
keep up the good work. Your newsletters always challenge me, and
encourage me to be living in a way that is not stagnant, and is
constantly questioning and seeking out the real truth.
Thank you so much.
Sharon Bentall. <>< :)
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