Some say He was an outlaw, that He roamed across the land
With a band of unschooled ruffians and a few old fishermen
No one knew just where he came from or exactly what he’d done
But they said it must be something bad that kept him on the run
from “The Outlaw” by Larry Norman
Why was it called the Jesus movement of the 1970s featuring Jesus people and Jesus freaks, and why was the music played considered Jesus music? Because in 1970, it was all about Jesus. Nobody officially designated any of these labels; they just came about through natural use because everybody was talking about Jesus. Everybody preached Jesus, talked about Jesus, and sang about Jesus. It was not about Christianity. It was not about even becoming a Christian. It was not about the church. Jesus was actually what made the movement popular. People — especially young people — were not interested in any of these other things, but they were interested in Jesus. It was as if Jesus somehow stepped out of the pages of history unscathed, without religious bias or prior baggage, and no one had considered that kind of Jesus before.
John Fischer The Catch 