Dawn Michele (Fireflight) and Mac Powell (Third Day) add the final touches to a wonderful duet during the awesome WInterJam 2010 at the Des Moines Veterans Auditorium this past weekend. Apart from being some of the brightest and best groups in modern Christian music today, what you see pictured is a bit of fusion of what has been around for some time, and some new, hard driving rock. Both groups fall well into my comfort zone of hard driving rock, and they do it well.
What is not apparent to the untrained eye is the power of the Holy Spirit working in that crowd that evening. What is not readily visible is the hours of details oriented work that the WinterJam team puts together to make this presentation. What you do not see is the changing face of the Gospel, for those who are putting shows like these together are hitting the proverbial nail on the head.
The truth in the Gospel of Jesus never changes. Yet the presentation of that Gospel absolutely has to evolve to hit what needs hitting within our cultural parameters today. As Tony Nolan put it so well, "we have to reach our kids through their headphones!" And reach them they did. Over half of the 8,200 plus people rose to their feet in public affirmation of new or recommitted faith. And these two great artists pictured above are part of this multi-city presentation of the saving Gospel of Jesus Christ through contemporary Christian music. Judging by the critics that say Christian music has gone the way of the world, I would beg to differ as I watched the two youngsters in the row in front of me totally get absorbed in the music, whose message was Jesus. They must have missed the critic's review.
If you get a chance, catch the show. It is yet another new "face" of the Gospel which never changes. It is a beacon of light in a world of false promises. It is the Gospel in song!
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