Artists who are “crazy in the Christ direction”

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My favorite artists are passionate Christ-followers who care more about pouring out their heart to the risen Jesus than they do about making radio appealing religious music. I love the early “Jesus Music” of the 1970s before it was taken over by companies with the primary goal of making a profit and then turned into Contemporary Christian Music. We need more artists who belt out their sincere love for Jesus the way Andre Crouch, Love Song, and Larry Norman did.

I love the “crazy for Jesus” artists that Contemporary Christian radio rarely plays, artists like Rick Pino, Jesus Culture, and Sela. I have trouble listening to “Christian radio” because I can’t find a station that isn’t full of silly trivia. After a song of praise that is directed toward Jesus, a man and a woman come on and tease each other about what color of socks they are wearing. Then they play another worship song. Their nonsense gives me spiritual whiplash. Instead, why don’t they share a powerful testimony or a Scripture or a word of encouragement about the risen Jesus?

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