just did some reading. from 2011 she says she’s proud to be a Christian but they’re not a Christian band.
almost sounded ashamed that an album went to no, 3 on Christian charts.
oh well.
met her boyfriend at Christian camp.
I’d hate to be in a Christian band because I’m a sinner and I’d feel like a hypocrite.
but then there would be no clergy if being a non sinner were the criteria :)
Here’s where the wonderful news kicks in.
You don’t need to be worthy to play Jesus music for an audience, or to preach before it either.
All you need to be is prepared by the grace of God.
The grace of God provides for the washing away of your sins, and you are credited with the righteousness of Christ even before you’ve died and gone to heaven.
It is an amazing deal. Isaiah 53 asks “Who has believed our message?” A lot of people have big difficulties here. They want to earn their way out of hell. They couldn’t. Christ earned it for them, as a gift offered to all who will accept.
With one exception, Christianity was made exclusively for sinners :-) I am a Christian precisely because I am a sinner. If I was not a sinner, I'd have no need of it.
Sounds like King’s X. Their albums were all over the Christian charts, then the singer says he’s gay and an atheist with a lot of venom for Christ and Christians. On the flip, I’m a fan of Head East, a secular band. The lead singer, John Schlitt, went on to join Petra and he is now a solo Christian artist. He seems hesitant to talk about his Head East days, which is understandable since he apparently hit rock bottom with the drugs.
I knew that they knew didn’t want to have the label, Christian band. But I didn’t know Amy Lee, herself was a Christian. The boyfriend you mention that she met at the Christian camp, that you’re speaking of is Ben Moody him and her co founded the band. Together, they have since parted ways some time ago.