Its pop music.
I think its great that the message got out back in the day. No Christian music of any kind on the radio in that era; but this song was out there and talked about a friend in Jesus.
That’s ok in my book.
Absolutely.
There was a lot of Jesus Movement music around in the late ‘60s - early ‘70s. It may not have made Top 40 lists(neither did the Grateful Dead), but there was a lot. I remember Larry Norman and Barry McGuire.
I always figured Greenbaum was part of that scene, and until now I thought he was a black guy!