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Subject: Re: Amy Grant
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Date: 7 May 91 04:19:41 GMT
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I don't begrudge Amy her music...it is not in my taste...What I object to
is the commercialization of the gospel.  An AG concert costs a local area
$30K-$50K!!!  Sounds like selling the gospel to me!  BTW...Amy's "honorarium"
for an evening's concert is now into the 1,000's of dollars.  I am a musician
and a christian - many of us consider our music a ministry.  If people CANNOT
pay - we play anyway.

Yes...I know that Amy "gives" away a number of tickets to "underpriviledged"
kids - but she does it out of her surplus!  She never loses her honorarium
in the giving.

Yes... I know "a workman is worth his wages," but Paul was speaking of
ministers and I have removed Amy from that rank since she does not own up
to that description in interviews.  Amy should read what Paul has to say about
selling the gospel.

Living a witness is one thing...getting paid to live that witness is another.

Kirk
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