Nah, you not only got the wrong religion, but even the wrong sex. Her name is Hilary Weeks and the song is “El Shaddai.” When Amy Grant sang it, then it became okay to listen to the song, but not if a Mormon was singing it. I still find that type of bigotry rather amusing, amusing but sad.
The author of the song, Michael Card, has a web site and a discussion board on it ( http://michaelcard.com ) and one of the posters said this:
“I am not offended. I would worship with Mormons, too. I’ve prayed with one or two.
How are you going to lead them to Christ if you start out by insulting them? The way of the Lord is gentle, not breaking a bruised reed.”
You mean, for example, sending out 60,000 missionaries per year to knock on Christians' door and inform them that the Gospel they believe in was taken from the earth and replaced by a "true gospel", translated via looking in a hat and is the ONLY way to salvation? By informing them that the Trinity is false and the mormon "plan of salvation" is superior to all beliefs of said Christian? That the Cross of Jesus is anathema?
Yeah, that'll do it!
Keep telling us how to lead folks to Christ.
It seems to have worked for Joe Smith...
When Amy Grant sang it, then it became okay to listen to the song, but not if a Mormon was singing it. I still find that type of bigotry rather amusing, amusing but sad.
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Possibly bigotry, more likely they did not want to give royalties to someone who would in turn give the money to a church that teaches heresy. I suspect the same would be true if it had been a JW, Unitarian, Muslim, or Buddhist.
Her name is Hilary Weeks
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Interesting, she neglects to mention her LDS faith in her online bio. Why is that, is she ashamed?
http://hilaryweeks.com/pro.bio.php