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Stapp's quest to figure out if he believes leads to some curious ironies. After nearly killing himself experimenting with psychedelic mushrooms, Stapp wrote the sober lyrics of "My Own Prison."

"I realized that I could not continue to blame others for why I was in the situations I had placed myself in," he says. "I was blaming my parents, God, and anyone I could find, when really the only blame rested with me." Self-responsibility following self-indulgence? Themes like that used to violate rock-star regulations.

Kevin A. Miller is executive editor of www.PreachingToday.com, an Internet resource of Christianity Today International.

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Read the lyrics to P.O.D. 's MTV hit "Rock the Party."

All of P.O.D.'s Southtown is available in MP3.

Visit Creed's official Web site where you can download MP3s of songs not released in the U.S. and view popular videos.

Recent Christianity Today articles about music include:

Slivers of Enlightenment | Seven years after its publication, Roaring Lambs—now with a companion CD—still prods Christian artists to engage the culture. (Oct. 2, 2000)

Singing Briner's Praises | A review of the Roaring Lambs CD. (Oct. 2, 2000)

Books & Culture Corner: Roaring Lambs | The Evangelical Culture of Euphemism, Part 3.(July 31, 2000)

Incarnating Mystery | Michael Card argues that a proper view of Christ is a key to creativity.(July 28, 2000)

The Ballad of John and Jesus | Two books tell the story behind John Lennon's short-lived conversion. (June 14, 2000)

An Education with a Backbeat | (Nov. 3, 1999)

Hymns on MTV | Christian music has traveled a long way from the Bay Psalm Book to the charts of Billboard magazine. Now Jars of Clay is shaking up Contemporary Christian Music. (Nov. 1, 1999)

What Makes Music "Christian"? | One CCM veteran thinks it means more than mentioning Jesus. (June 14, 1999)

Where No Ministry Has Gone Before | To be more effective ministers, Five Iron Frenzy resists the packaging of Christian rock bands. (May 24, 1999)

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January 8 2001, Vol. 45, No. 1