July 20, 2003
Derek Webb vs. The Prayer of Jabez
Former member of Caedmon's Call and now solo artist Derek Webb has written about the issues addressed on his controversial solo album, She Must and Shall Go Free:
nearly all of the subject matter falls under the heading of idolatry, and more specifically idolatry in the church. i believe each of the things that we will discuss deal with and are symptoms of this fundamental and age old epidemic. unfortunately, our idolatry as a church has become a great deal of our identity over many years of church history. over the past year and a half i have seen the characteristics of the faithless israelites right here in our american churches. this has been seen most recently and clearly in the church's response to bruce wilkinson°s book 'the prayer of jabez' (which is the concern!He specifically addresses issues with the theology behind The Prayer of Jabez, a Christian subculture phenomenon that has gotten under my skin since the first time I heard what it was all about. It seemed like total bunk, and after reading Derek's commentary, my suspicions were confirmed.
of a at least a few of the songs on the record).
Another article worth reading is this interview with Derek regarding the new album.
Posted by John Hawbaker at July 20, 2003 05:00 PM | TrackBackComments
I think Derek is absolutely correct when he claims there has been a lot of idolatry with things such as the prayer of Jabez. But to insult the theology that being faithful in prayer to the Lord is a shame. Jabez's prayer has much good in it. However it is not my prayer to say every day (nor is the same prayer necessary) However there is a lot of good inside of the scripture of the Prayer of Jabez.
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