[Calvinist_Dark_Lord]

I have an aquantance who is a Christian counselor in Memphis (or is it Nashville - wherever the CCM capital is). He is very much into the CCM scene and has counseled quite a few of the "stars". His reports of the type of lifestyles that many CCM stars lead is very discouraging...

... rampant drug and alchohol abuse, adultery, homosexuality etc.

i've often wondered how much of that exists (as a percentage of the sample population) among those who play "Acceptable" forms of Religious music.

It has always bothered me that the sins of a Michael English, or Amy Grant/Chapman/Gill, yet the sins of a Jimmy Swaggart, or Sandi Patti, or Richard Roberts and Patty Roberts/Thompson are glossed over. It appears as if there is a double standard in effect somewhere.

[Corin Stormhands]

I remember that Michael English felt there was very much a double standard when his news broke as compared to when the news broke about Sandi Patti.

I do remember that Sandi Patti took a break, I think delaying the release of an album. And when she came back I remember her talking quite openly (to Jan Crouch even) about the fact that she got to a point that she had to say "God, I can't go on like this." And that's when she took the break. I'm sure getting exposed didn't help.

I don't necessarily fault these folks for their mistakes. We're all fallible. What speaks volumes though is how they responded.

[PetroniusMaximus]

***the sins of a Jimmy Swaggart, or Sandi Patti, or Richard Roberts and Patty Roberts/Thompson are glossed over***


Not by those with eyes to see.