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Experience in Pentecostal churches fired a love of music many early rockers couldn't shake

Randall J. Stephens, excerpted from The Fire Spreads | posted 5/29/2008 10:11AM

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Randall J. Stephens is assistant professor of history at Eastern Nazarene College.

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The Fire Spreads: Holiness and Pentecostalism in the American South is available from Amazon.com and other retailers.

A review of Johnny Cash and the Great American Contradiction, and an excerpt from the book are also posted on our site today.

More articles about faith and musicians, including Eric Clapton, John Lennon, and Salt-N-Pepa, are in our full-coverage music section.

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Marie

Posted: May 30, 2008 10:34 AM

Jesus told his disciples that they should rejoice that their names were written in the Lamb's Book of Life. If God wants to shake me up every day to get me to heaven--I'm all for it, myself. It is the blood shed by Jesus that gives us eternal life. I quit being a believer twice, but the third time I told God I would never stop seeking him--No matter how hard it seemed. My greatest fear is that I will be just a church goer. Through the Holy Spirit, I want my life to be full of the nine fruits of the Spirit and full of the gifts of the Spirit. I also want the wisdom, understanding and knowledge of His Word.Daily seeking God is the most important step we take--no matter the mistakes, or even falling short--God will be there to help us grow in the knowledge of the Gospel of the Kingdom and doing the will of God. Never give up--Jesus didn't give up--He gave body as a sacrifice, enduring the suffering for the salvation of the whole world. He tells us this in a 66 book called the Bible.

todd	Posted: May 29, 2008 2:25 PM


To NT Newman: Yes, your concern is valid. Many churches of Pentacostal tradition have made great advances in providing explanation and teaching to accompany what may appear to many to be strange behavior. As in Acts 2 with Peter's sermon, we are responsible in providing context and understanding as to the manifestations of the Holy Spirit.

N. T. Newman

Posted: May 29, 2008 2:09 PM


I attended several Pentecostal services as a child; it was very frightening to me! I had no preparation or interpretation of the service, meaning, or even faith, and therefore it could have scewed my thinking for life. Luckily it did not; I am of a different faith group; but wish that experience had been better handled............ NTN

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