Listen I am not singling Lennon out, in fact I know I am just as much a sinner as him, Ozzy, grace slick or any of the rockers. But as a teachable moment, when the Beatles are prominantly being featured to yet another generation, as a christian minister I feel the responsibility to adress this. One of the posters on this thread actually posted a very hopeful article which implied that Lennon may well have become a christian before he died. I hope so! ,
Greetings Pastor,
You took some flak on this one LOL! I enjoy your articles but I’ve come to the conclusion that the whole America lost her innocence in the sixties theme is a myth. I believe the Sixties was the culmination or fruition of the direction the country had been on for some time. America had already drifted from core principles of the protestant reformation(High view of Christ, high view of Scripture, low view of man). Of course I am speaking of the population in general. America began to flirt with the occult/ cults and false teachers( “restoration movements/ mormonism/ jehova witnesses). Also the social gospel became popular in the 1800’s after the Great Awakening. BY the beginning of of the 20th century once faithful seminaries and university founded by bible believing Christians had already been polluted by liberals and unbelievers. We reap what we sow.