Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!pacific.mps.ohio-state.edu!linac!att!princeton!njin!paul.rutgers.edu!aramis.rutgers.edu!athos.rutgers.edu!christian From: keinstr!keinstr!chaplin@uunet.uu.net (chaplin) Newsgroups: soc.religion.christian Subject: Re: Amy Grant Message-ID: Date: 7 May 91 04:35:15 GMT Sender: hedrick@athos.rutgers.edu Organization: Keithley Instruments, Cleveland, Ohio Lines: 35 Approved: christian@aramis.rutgers.edu In article plee@wam.umd.edu (Peter S. Lee) writes: >I'm wondering how many of you out there are fed up with Amy Grant switching >over to secular music charts. Her new album, "Heart in Motion", is too >close to the secluar music world. I think she is really walking the line >when she does this. I also feel that she is letting a lot of Christians >down. She says you have to go with your gut feelings sometimes. I agree, >but not when it goes against God's will and word. > >Any comments or complaints are welcom. > >--------------- >Peter S. Lee >e-mail: plee@cville.umd.edu Suppose I as a believer who also happens to be a degreed engineer decided that the only suitable use of my God-given talent, intelligence, etc. was to go into some kind of full-time ministry. What would happen then to the influence which I (hopefully) am having on my associates? We are to be salt and light in a dark and rotting world. So then, is it any different for those believers to whom God has given talents and abilities in the arts instead of the sciences? I know of several respected jazz musicians who are Christians, and I pray that they take advantage of the doors which open to them because of their skill and popularity, doors which will *never* open to anyone else. But, since I don't observe these artists in their everyday lives, I must trust that they are living their lives according to the leading of the Holy Spirit, just as you must trust that I am following His leading in my life. -- Roger Chaplin / Instruments Division Engineering / uunet!keinstr!chaplin CI$: 76307,3506 / voice: (216) 498-2815 / FAX: (216) 248-6168 "In the last analysis the customer is the independent auditor. In the merciless light of real use, every flaw will show." - Frederick P. Brooks, Jr.