American Idol - Take 2

For those that thought American Idol should be condemned for removing the name Jesus from "Shout to the Lord" need to do some forgiving today. As Tommie mentioned in the comments of the last post, the next night American Idol started the show by redoing that song with the original words. In my opinion (where my opinion is being stole from Bob Dutko) American Idol realizes that Christian groups are supporting it because its family friendly programming and they want to keep Christians happy. Even if that is the case I think all those that have been ready to protest American Idol better be apologizing to them because they have gone out of their way to keep you happy.

American Idol Gives Back

So last night I watched American Idol Gives Back. It was alright and its good that they are raising money for a bunch of good causes, but what really impressed me was at the end of the show. At the close of the show they announce that they'll close out the show with the final 8 contestants singing "Shout to the Lord." I was like "they can't really be playing a Christian worship song on national television, but sure enough they did. However there is a "but", they had to edit the song by removing Jesus' name. The start of the song is suppose to be "My Jesus, My Saviour", but they sang "My Shepherd, My Savior." I have mixed feelings about this because on the one hand I'm really glad they played it (I would rather have an edited version played than no version), but I'm also really frustrated that you can't say Jesus on national television. Though I guess Jesus did say in Matthew 10:35 that he came to divide and apparently only Jesus' name is offensive to people today. Basically after some thought I've decided I'm glad it was played because for Christians there is no mistaking that as a Christian worship song and for non-Christians if they liked it they might go and get the original version.