Ovedya Posted October 24, 2005 Group: Royal Member Followers: 3 Topic Count: 375 Topics Per Day: 0.05 Content Count: 11,400 Content Per Day: 1.43 Reputation: 125 Days Won: 0 Joined: 08/30/2002 Status: Offline Birthday: 08/14/1971 Author Share Posted October 24, 2005 Even Elvis sang gospel music. So much money in "Christianity". Wouldn't be surprised if Robert Jordan hopped on the band-wagon next. As far as I am aware, Elvis was a brother. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ovedya Posted October 24, 2005 Group: Royal Member Followers: 3 Topic Count: 375 Topics Per Day: 0.05 Content Count: 11,400 Content Per Day: 1.43 Reputation: 125 Days Won: 0 Joined: 08/30/2002 Status: Offline Birthday: 08/14/1971 Author Share Posted October 24, 2005 Celebritys DO get saved...and then the church turns them into christian celebrities instead of letting them grow in the Lord first. I agree. I've seen it happen both ways: A singer will get saved and they say to themselves, "I will continue doing the same thing, but this time for the Lord, " then they wind up getting caught back into the world. A Christian singer will think to themselves, "I am strong enough to sing secular music," and they'll get caught up into the world. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RGR Posted October 25, 2005 Group: Royal Member Followers: 2 Topic Count: 512 Topics Per Day: 0.07 Content Count: 8,601 Content Per Day: 1.13 Reputation: 125 Days Won: 2 Joined: 07/16/2003 Status: Offline Birthday: 12/04/1973 Share Posted October 25, 2005 Elvis always had a gospel quartet as background singers. After his concerts, they would do a gospel concert backstage for all the media and jet-setters who wanted to hang out and be "cool". Sometimes these gospel concerts would go for 3 or 4 hours. I once talked with Scotty Moore (his guitarist in the early days). Scotty told me that Elvis was a devout man that got carried away by the isolation of being loved (idolized) by so many. I don't think anyone on planet Earth except possibly Jesus or the Beatles could understand the pressure of being unable to go anywhere without being mobbed by crowds. The only difference between his sins and ours is that ours don't make front page news. Who else has ever named their home "Graceland" ? OK...sorry to go off on a tangent but I wanted to answer the hijacking of this thread before going back to the subject of this woman's book. Celebritys DO get saved...and then the church turns them into christian celebrities instead of letting them grow in the Lord first. I hope this woman has truly been redeemed by the real Jesus. And he also remarked that he regretted not pursuing a career in gospel music! I think he loved the Lord but just like the rest of us, he got caught up in failures and faults. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarolineS Posted October 25, 2005 Group: Diamond Member Followers: 0 Topic Count: 6 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 414 Content Per Day: 0.05 Reputation: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 05/15/2003 Status: Offline Share Posted October 25, 2005 Born again? Only the Lord knows. I'm going to wait and see what kind of fruit she produces, then I'll know too. CarolineS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M45510G1C Posted October 25, 2005 Group: Diamond Member Followers: 0 Topic Count: 85 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 627 Content Per Day: 0.09 Reputation: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 10/15/2004 Status: Offline Share Posted October 25, 2005 Well, it is good that she has chosen to place her faith where it a should be placed. As for fictionalized accounts of things that happened in the life of Messiah ~2000 ago and as far as anyone knows weren't recorded at all....leaves a bad taste in my mouth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hmh Posted October 26, 2005 Group: Royal Member Followers: 1 Topic Count: 38 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 1,790 Content Per Day: 0.25 Reputation: 27 Days Won: 0 Joined: 08/21/2004 Status: Offline Birthday: 11/15/1968 Share Posted October 26, 2005 Give her a chance and see what develops. Hopefully she truly has converted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Giaour Posted October 26, 2005 Group: Royal Member Followers: 1 Topic Count: 179 Topics Per Day: 0.03 Content Count: 3,941 Content Per Day: 0.55 Reputation: 3 Days Won: 0 Joined: 10/28/2004 Status: Offline Birthday: 10/08/1964 Share Posted October 26, 2005 bump Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gerioke Posted October 26, 2005 Group: Royal Member Followers: 3 Topic Count: 97 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 5,850 Content Per Day: 0.83 Reputation: 128 Days Won: 0 Joined: 03/19/2005 Status: Offline Birthday: 08/11/1911 Share Posted October 26, 2005 She doesn't look old enough to have written Dracula. That was the thirties, wasn't it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest AGC 4 Life Posted October 26, 2005 Share Posted October 26, 2005 Who's Anne Rice? As you know I need some updates. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gerioke Posted October 26, 2005 Group: Royal Member Followers: 3 Topic Count: 97 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 5,850 Content Per Day: 0.83 Reputation: 128 Days Won: 0 Joined: 03/19/2005 Status: Offline Birthday: 08/11/1911 Share Posted October 26, 2005 She wrote Interview wih a vampire. Born in 1941. She did not write Dracula. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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