Friday, April 11, 2008

Ok, so I missed the last 30 minutes of Idol Gives Back on Wednesday night and therefore missed the Idols singing Shout to the Lord. And then I missed the controversy about them switching the name of Jesus to shepherd in the song.

But I did see them sing it last night, apparently an encore of sorts, and they did sing the name of Jesus. And I get the controversy a bit, but I also understand the reasoning for the slight change to make it seemingly more inclusive. But word change or not, there’s no getting around that they were singing an overt song of praise to God on national TV when millions of people were watching. It’s quite amazing when you think about it. Watching the Idols sing it made me wonder which of them may be Christians because of their demeanor when singing it - a few of them were clearly very comfortable and, dare I say it, worshipful as they sang.

I wonder what Darlene Zschech thinks about it. The Idols were good, but nothing beats the original artist.