How can this help us fulfill the Great Commission?
I think there is something to be said for having Christian content in music that is not usually associated with being "Christian." It may be the only way someone hears the good news. The one example that comes to mind is Black Sabbath's song "After Forever." The content is clearly Christian. When I was a kid and this was the only music I listened to, this song made me think twice about Christianity. I have to be honest, this one song makes Ozzy look more evangelical than Jimmy Swaggart ever gave him credit for. But, then again, Swaggart probably didn't listen to what Ozzy was saying.
Have you ever thought about your soul can it be saved?
Or perhaps you think that when you are dead,
You just stay in your grave.
Is God just a thought within your head,
Or is he a part of you?
Is Christ just a name that you read in a book
When you were at school?
When you think about death do you lose your breath,
Or do you keep your cool?
Would you like to see the Pope on the end of a rope,
Do you think he's a fool?
Well I have seen the truth, yes I've seen the light,
And I've changed my ways.
And I'll be prepared when you're lonely and scared
At the end of our days.
Could it be you're afraid of what your friends might say
When you believe in God above?
They should realize before they criticize
That God is the only way to love.
Is your mind so small that you have to fall
In with the pack wherever they run?
Will you still sneer when death is near
And say they may as well worship the sun?
I think it was true it was people like you that crucified Christ.
I think it is sad the opinion you had was the only one voiced.
Will you be so sure when your day is near, say you don't believe?
You had the chance but you turned it down, now you can't retrieve.
Perhaps you'll think before you say that God is dead and gone.
Open your eyes,
Just realize that he's the one.
The only one who can save you now from all this sin and hate.
Or will you still jeer at all you hear?
Yes, I think it's too late.
