Tag Archives: Jesus Movement

‘Don’t use my name’

In a recent interview with Noel Paul Stookey, he spoke of two divine interventions that shaped his life and career. The first introduced him to Jesus, the second provided direction for his songwriting and already well-earned public persona as a … Continue reading

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The Return of the JESUS Freaks

What will people think when they hear that I’m a Jesus freak What will people do when they find that it’s true I don’t really care if they label me a Jesus freak There ain’t no disguising the truth DC … Continue reading

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All about the gospel

Did I say the Jesus Movement was all about the gospel? Here’s a good example. From Paul Clark’s “Songs of the Savior Volume 2” (1972) comes this song about being born again. It’s a classic Jesus Music presentation of the … Continue reading

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The start of the Jesus Movement

Eve of Destruction by P.F. Sloan sung by Barry McGuire The Eastern world, it is explodin’ Violence flarin’, bullets loadin’ You’re old enough to kill but not for votin’ You don’t believe in war, but what’s that gun you’re totin’? … Continue reading

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Paint a picture

There was one common thread that ran through much of the music that was written and sung during the Jesus Movement, and that was the message of the gospel. Just as worship is the common theme of Christian music today, … Continue reading

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Ask Him

In the mid-sixties, a daring new portrait of Christ by Richard Hook began to circulate that was rugged, masculine and a little dirty from the road. It was just in time to become the image of Christ for the Jesus … Continue reading

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‘I love you’

“I love you, I love you, I love you, I love you, I love you…” Jesus says it to us. We say it to Him. We say it to each other. You say it to me. I say it to … Continue reading

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Song of Deliverance

She’s been called the First Lady of the Jesus Movement, and the fact that she came out of Fort Wayne, Indiana proves that in 1970, Jesus wasn’t only moving in southern California, He was moving all over. This was a … Continue reading

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‘I believe in you’

In August of 1968, I arrived at my dorm room in Fisher Hall for my senior year at Wheaton College in Wheaton, Illinois, and the first thing my roommate had unpacked was his Kenmore turntable, amplifier and speakers. We didn’t … Continue reading

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Write it on a tablet

Like all of the prophets in the Old Testament, Habakkuk was the bearer of mostly bad news. That’s because God called prophets up when the nation of Israel was not paying any attention to the Lord, and going after the … Continue reading

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