The top Christian album on iTunes is performed by a drag queen.
Posted on 08/01/2023 10:12:10 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
The top Christian album on iTunes is performed by a drag queen.
Flamy Grant, a man dressed like a woman, said he was overjoyed to learn that his debut album, "Bible Belt Baby," had charted No. 1 on iTunes.
Mr. Grant’s name is no doubt an homage to legendary Christian crooner Amy Grant. His debut album includes titles such as, “Esther, Ruth and Rahab,” “What Did you Drag Me Into?” and “Scratches.”
And that, ladies and gentlemen, is all you need to know about the current state of affairs in the world of "Christian" music.
"Today, for the very first time, a drag queen has both the #1 single AND #1 album on the iTunes Christian charts," former Caedmon's Call singer Derek Webb wrote on social media. "If all the accomplishments in my career, being part of this is probably the thing i’m the most proud of. my dear friend Flamy Grant deserves every bit of this."
The album is described as "the world’s first contemporary Christian music record by a drag performer. With influences from gospel and blues to folk and rock, this Americana showcase shines a spotlight on queerness, faith, and overcoming the spiritual trauma so often endured by LGBTQ+ people and others who grow up in conservative religious spaces.”
Those who have followed the demise of the once-vibrant and Christ-centered Christian music world should not be surprised by the success of Flamy Grant. Many of the artists are using their platforms to advance a social justice gospel.
There's a better chance of an artist condemning churches that celebrate Independence Day than calling out a "worship artist drag queen."
I wrote about this issue in my book, "Culture Jihad: How to Stop the Left From Killing America."
These days it’s not just good enough to have a preacher who delivers a four-point self-help sermon based on the latest Hollywood blockbuster. You’ve also gotta have a good worship band.
And that band must include an angst-driven Generation Z worship leader stuffed into skinny jeans, along with a diverse ensemble of scantily clad worship babes. Purpose Driven bands should always have at least one minority musician and one overweight vocalist. Bonus points if the keyboardist is in a wheelchair.
It’s sad that so many churches fired their choirs and replaced them with cover bands that could not make it past the first round of America’s Got Talent.
Many churches burned their hymn books and bought state-of-the-art digital billboards that broadcast the lyrics to Billboard Magazine's Top 40 praise and worship songs.
Great hymns of the faith like "A Mighty Fortress is Our God" and "Like a River Glorious" were replaced with hypnotic choruses like, "I Could Sing of Your Love Forever." I'm not sure if the love lasted forever, but the song sure did.
Years ago, I was interviewing an up-and-coming Christian pop group that had been put together not by the Holy Spirit, but by a team of highly-qualified Nashville talent scouts.
The kids told me about one song in particular that they especially loved. I was intrigued. They told me you could either sing the song to God or your girlfriend. The lyrics were versatile, that's what they told me.
LYRICS TO ONE OF THE SONGS IN THE ALBUM — BIBLE BELT BABY : “WHAT DID YOU DRAG ME INTO”
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Picture this, an American scene
Lost in the cover of a magazine
Bible belt baby wanna be a queen
Lord, Momma tried to keep her little boy clean
She found him with her high heels on
Two-foot train of green chiffon
That messy lip was overdrawn
It was shocking and obscene
Momma knows she been blessed
And she’s always done her best
To cheer her little angel on, no matter how he’s dressed
But now her baby boy is grown
On stage in wigs and silicone
After the show, she’s crying, “Child, what did you drag me into?”
Imagine this, it’s Christmas Eve
Time for the church nativity
Papa’s in the front row tryna see
Rubs his eyes ‘cause he can’t believe
Mary, mary, mother mild
Is played by a familiar child
His son is walking down the aisle
To “a virgin shall conceive”
Papa takes most things in stride
And he works hard to provide
He like tradition and when gender roles are clear and codified
So he’ll never understand
Why his son is not a man
All that he can say is, “Boy, what did you drag me into?”
I was baptized at the age of twelve
Under the water I came under a spell
I heard the holy ghost in the chlorine, she said
“Child, you’re gonna make one hell of a queen”
Momma, why you melting down?
Some babies show up with a crown
And nothing you can say or do is gonna turn that shimmer down
There ain’t no need to be ashamed
But if you need someone to blame
Cry out to heaven saying, “Lord, what did you drag me into?”
What did you drag me into?
What did you drag me into?
What did you drag me into?
What did you drag me into?
What did you drag me into?
What did you drag me into?
False prophets have a terrible fate awaiting.
“shines a spotlight on queerness, faith, and overcoming the spiritual trauma so often endured by LGBTQ+ people and others who grow up in conservative religious spaces.”
By folks who can’t or won’t confront their life style biblically, scriptually, but instead want “Christians” to ignore the bible, ignore scripture and write a new “Christianity” that does not confront popular society but succumbs to it. All the gospel writers took the opposite approach to cburch and society.
How did we get here. It started with alloweing the media to preach that Christian opposition to LGBT themes represented “hatred” when in fact all Christian approaches to sin are to hate the sin but love the sinner, for it is that love and Chist’s love for the sinner that forms Christian outreach to the sinner. It is not from hatred for the snner that Christianity wants what it believes is a better life for the sinner. Christ seeks to transform the sinner out of love, not hatred.
so a ‘top christian song’ is a song blaming God for their personal immoral behavior which they deny is immoral-
Gee, aint that swell? /s
Satan has been successful turning the bible’s teachings about immorality and sin, and it’s love for sinners into hatred for sinners in the minds of the unsaved-
God is still far more powerful than
Satan- and for whatever reason,
God is allowing Satan to get away with his lies right now- but in the end Satan’s lies will be his ultimate downfall and condemnation
“God is allowing Satan to get away with his lies right now- b”
I think “God is allowing” is the wrong way of looking at what God knows is/will be outcomes, small and large, resulting from “the flesh is weak” success over faith in Christ. Revelations tells us of that sucess of the former until Christ comes to eliminate its power in human affairs saving only those who overcame it in Christ’s name.
meanwhile jason aldean is crawling up the rap charts at #3../s
An unlikely song to play on the major Christian streamers.
It’s really just a critique of Bible Belt thinking, which right now is getting a lot of attention with the Shiny Happy People film and the Southern Baptists going through tectonic struggle.
Amy Grant would be flattered.
Evidently…God will be mocked (sarcasm)…and there WILL be an end to His patience, it’s guaranteed.
Sounds like fine Christian song.... NOT.
Romans Chapter 1 will answer your question.
Just another reason why I no longer listen to any contemporary Christian music. Most, if not all, or it is from the devil and I refuse to allow it in my home. Heck, when old favorites like Don Francisco fully embrace the homosexual agenda, it’s time to tune it out. Only classical Christian songs in my household are allowed in my house these days.
I guarantee you those sales are pumped up by the alphabet group ... not typical Christian music listeners.
All these johnny-come-latelies are just trying to recapture the success of "Faith Plus One".
“and for whatever reason,
God is allowing Satan to get away with his lies right now”
I don’t think we have to wonder about the reason:
“11 And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie:
12 That they all might be damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness.” (2 Thes. 2)
People wonder why I despise this “worship” music
I can’t say I haven’t liked popular music over the decades. And I have pangs of conscience about it because there are a few voices crying out in the wilderness who say: Satan will let you sing about Jesus all you want as long as he can get you to surrender to rhythm and emotion because once he does, he can take you to bad places. Classical music is ordered music. What is the fruit of rock, rap, and even “Christian” rock?
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