Posted on 02/24/2011 11:29:08 AM PST by DJ MacWoW
The Christian rock band, Petra, has come together again with the original members: Bob Hartman, Greg X Volz, John Lawry, Louie Weaver and Mark Kelly. They have a new CD called Back to the Rock. I have it and it IS classic Petra. There are two new songs, Back to the Rock and Too Big to Fail. The others are redone and STILL GREAT.
They will be on tour but unfortunately, so far it's only a few places in the US.
Thursday June 30 Cornerstone, Chicago, Ill
Sunday July 31 Kingdom Bound, Darien Center, New York
Thursday August 4th Soulfest, Billford, New Hampshire
I thought this was a Pantera thread. My mistake.
I thought this was a Petra Nemcova thread. What a letdown.
Terrific! Thanks for posting some good news!
“I thought this was a Petra Nemcova thread. What a letdown.”
Same here. Was gonna post a picture but better not. :-)
And I posted the link to their site under the thread title.
Please don’t hijack the thread. It’s about Christian rock music.
I won’t and I know. I read your first comment and knew enough not to post any pics. Don’t worry about moi.
Thank you dear, dear FReeper!
It isn’t, and it doesn’t.
Great news! Great band!
Awesome! Humming the Colors song.....
I’m going blind in one eye. I have typos. ;-)
These bands don’t make Christianity better, they make rock music worse.
Be honest about it with yourself. Almost all rock music is sexual in nature. Makes people want to dance, and dancing leading to, gee, what do you think.... Other secular music is made to get people angry and lead to violence. Some music forms lead to both.
Just don’t kid yourself. I am a Chirstian. I listen to a few very select bands. It is worldly music. I would not play it in church, that is not where it belongs. A “christian band” that has a secular riffs but thinks it’s okay because they changed the words is kidding itself.
It’s like someone trying to say they’ve developed a God-approved “christian porn” because the explicit sex scenes only take place with people who are married to each other and the scenes are much more artful and tasteful than secular porn movies.
Especially the bands that take secular rock songs and just change the lyrics.
There was one clip I saw of a ‘christian rocker’ over in Russia in the early 1990s shortly after the iron curtain fell, and was singing some christian words to Elvis’ Blue Suede shoes with the same kinds of movements used (save for the pelvic thrusts). The kids had no idea what the hell he was saying, they were just dancing to the music.
That’s why just changing the words but keeping the dance beat and heavy drum doesn’t work. It’s still secular music that appeals to the natural in a person, not the spiritual.
I’m looking forward to downloading and listening to their songs when I get home. Woohoo!
Just sent the link to my local Christian radio station - 102.5, WNWC.
1 John 1:9, John 15:3
Words & Music by Bob Hartman
You may see me stumble, you may see me fall
You may see me cornered with my back against the wall
Maybe incognito, maybe out to lunch
Maybe caught redhanded or maybe just a hunch
I'm clean, clean clean before my Lord
I'm clean, clean clean before my Lord
Like a spotless lamb I'm blameless in His sight
With no trace of wrong left to right
I'm clean, clean, clean
Kneeling in the closet begging daily bread
There may be a skeleton hanging overhead
Where are my accusers, nowhere to be found
They all dropped their stones when the master came around
I've missed the mark, I can't deny it
I can't condone or justify it
But I've done nothing that His blood can't wash away
When I take it to the cross and start to pray
I hope you have a lovely day.
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