Whomever represents you "first," puts your industry in a position to either succeed or fail.
Basically it all boils down to who is the first person who is spoken to. We as human beings do not really desire to seek after knowledge as the WORD tells us to (Proverbs 4:5, 7) We tend to be lazy and not investigate for ourselves. I compare it to movies, some people like to have the plot and storyline fed to them. These are the people who think that Quentin Tarrantino movies are the worst things ever created, because Tarrantino makes you figure out what's going on. You actually have to think about it and even watch the movie a second or third time to really catch it. I believe that this is the attitude that we should apply to real life situations. We need to dig deeper and get some wisdom on things. I am guilty of this as well, so please do not think I am perfect. Just being transparent.
So here is G. Craige Lewis alleging the spiritual shortcommings of rappers who proclaim the Gospel of Jesus Christ, and they do it differently. Where these young men go wrong is that they have not let go of the world first. The Bible says,
"Love not the world, neither the things [that are] in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him." (1 John 2:15)
So these rappers have already set back the institute of "holy hip hop". By simply proclaiming their "love" for rappers like Jay Z and 50Cent. I do not know what they were thinking about but they obviously were not thinking at all. It is so imperative that we as Christians get in the WORD and thus allow the WORD to get into us. We will not need a swagger if the WORD is in us, because we will be different. Matthew 5: 13:
Ye are the salt of the earth: but if the salt have lost his savour, wherewith shall it be salted? it is thenceforth good for nothing, but to be cast out, and to be trodden under foot of men.
When we season our food, it can be seen. It stands out amongst the colors of the food that it rests on. That is how we should be as Christians. We should not have to force ourselves on the world, they will know that we are different and they will draw to us, then is when we become a testimonial witness to the world.
The interview points out that most of the rappers were raised without fathers. This is a gross generalization that damages the triumphs that these young people have experienced and it insults the intelligence of those who exministires.com is attempting to reach. Saying that holy rap is a "fatherless" genre of music is like saying that every two parent household produces honest members of society who do not commit crimes. This, in and of itself, is utterly ridiculous!
So where do I stand on the matter? I stand on the WORD. I would suggest that G Craige Lewis talk to some more of the rap community before condemming the thing as a whole. I personally appreciate some of the things that they say because it is reaching the teenagers in a language that they speak. I base this on the WORD of GOD as stated in Colossians 4:6:
Let your speech [be] alway with grace, seasoned with salt, that ye may know how ye ought to answer every man.
Be Blessed!
Here is the link so you can see what I am talking about:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LJPtCNHHLCk
post script: I am not speaking out against G Craige Lewis, I just feel that he needs to do some more research before making generalizations.
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