To the Original Question - Either Randy Stonehill's "Edge of the World" or Johnny Cash's "The Man Comes Around". :)
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Originally Posted by wbm68
What is a "Christian album"?
Seriously, does that mean all proceeds go to some good cause or the musicians spend a lot of time helping the sick and poor?
What makes an album "Christian"?
I have been wondering about this stuff for a while as this seems to be a pretty big market. I have a hard time figuring out where the "Christian" angle is coming in.
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"Any music that God uses to glorify Himself" - hmmm, that is pretty broad.
"Music that is used by People to Glorify God through Christ" - it doesn't have to mention God or Christ explicitly, but it should be apparent that it does.
I'd say some Van Morrison music hits this target, but others may disagree. An old friend of mine once said that if it didn't come from a "Christian" publishing house, it wasn't Christian. She had a tough time explaining why that applied when Amy Grant went to A&M but kept singing about God.
We could probably all come up with a nuanced version of a definition, but they would be as diverse as if you asked what makes a "Country album" or a "Rock album". What I consider to be Christian will differ from what others here think, same as my definition of country is different. Take it as a rough category; no need to be legalistic about it.
I remember Greg Volz(Petra-mid80s) asking "When did a record ever get saved?" Records and songs don't get saved, so they aren't Christian in the sense that people are. And just because something is marketed, doesn't mean that God is not in it. God works through my (secular) employer to pay me so I can feed my family and (hopefully) be about His work.