Comments on: What Hath Jerusalem to Do with Nashville? http://www.russellmoore.com/2010/03/26/what-hath-jerusalem-to-do-with-nashville/ By Russell D. Moore. Russell D. Moore serves as the teaching pastor at Highview Baptist Church in Louisville, Ky. In addition, Dr. Moore is the Dean of the School of Theology and Senior Vice President for Academic Administration at The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. Find sermons and other resources to help Christians engage the culture from a biblical worldview at www.russellmoore.com. Mon, 21 May 2012 20:41:18 +0000 By: Linda Dove, Stirling, Ontario Canada http://www.russellmoore.com/2010/03/26/what-hath-jerusalem-to-do-with-nashville/#comment-11779 Linda Dove, Stirling, Ontario Canada Tue, 30 Mar 2010 23:20:23 +0000 http://www.russellmoore.com/?p=5135#comment-11779 I'm a big C&W fan, have been for most of my life...we listened to the Opry on the radio back in the 50's when I was a little kid. You're right about the songs reflecting the "longing for redemption" hidden in the human heart and the consequences built into wrong decisions by a holy and omnipotent God. One recent song claimed to be the perfect C&W song until it was noted that the song said nothing about momma, prison, trains, or pickup trucks. The issue is perfectly covered in the last verse. "Well, I was drunk the day my momma got out of prison, And I went to pick her up in the rain. But before I could get to the station in the pick-up truck, She got runned over by a damned old train." It seems people will do anything to fill that longing (momma=live in the past, prison=suffer consequences; pick-up truck=consumerism; and trains=escape, except face the sin which keeps them @ a distance from God. The other thing I love about C&W music is there is always an undercurrent of humor/irony, i.e. there's more to life than the here & now. p.s. We enjoy listening to you when you cover for Al Mohler and drop a line or two of C&W music wisdom into the breaks. I’m a big C&W fan, have been for most of my life…we listened to the Opry on the radio back in the 50’s when I was a little kid. You’re right about the songs reflecting the “longing for redemption” hidden in the human heart and the consequences built into wrong decisions by a holy and omnipotent God. One recent song claimed to be the perfect C&W song until it was noted that the song said nothing about momma, prison, trains, or pickup trucks. The issue is perfectly covered in the last verse.
“Well, I was drunk the day my momma got out of prison,
And I went to pick her up in the rain.
But before I could get to the station in the pick-up truck,
She got runned over by a damned old train.”

It seems people will do anything to fill that longing (momma=live in the past, prison=suffer consequences; pick-up truck=consumerism; and trains=escape, except face the sin which keeps them @ a distance from God.

The other thing I love about C&W music is there is always an undercurrent of humor/irony, i.e. there’s more to life than the here & now.

p.s. We enjoy listening to you when you cover for Al Mohler and drop a line or two of C&W music wisdom into the breaks.

]]> By: Miscellaneous Tuesday « Blog Stan the Man http://www.russellmoore.com/2010/03/26/what-hath-jerusalem-to-do-with-nashville/#comment-11729 Miscellaneous Tuesday « Blog Stan the Man Tue, 30 Mar 2010 05:35:40 +0000 http://www.russellmoore.com/?p=5135#comment-11729 [...] Ole Opry, Music Row, and the Wildhorse Salloon).  As a result, I was better able to appreciate this interview with theologian Russell Moore on country music, culture, and [...] [...] Ole Opry, Music Row, and the Wildhorse Salloon).  As a result, I was better able to appreciate this interview with theologian Russell Moore on country music, culture, and [...]

]]> By: Cash Contra Rascal Flatts « agapǝdoxy http://www.russellmoore.com/2010/03/26/what-hath-jerusalem-to-do-with-nashville/#comment-11660 Cash Contra Rascal Flatts « agapǝdoxy Mon, 29 Mar 2010 05:21:32 +0000 http://www.russellmoore.com/?p=5135#comment-11660 [...] Contra Rascal Flatts March 28, 2010 by spaschall An interesting Russel Moore interview regarding the relationship between the Southern Baptist Convention and Country [...] [...] Contra Rascal Flatts March 28, 2010 by spaschall An interesting Russel Moore interview regarding the relationship between the Southern Baptist Convention and Country [...]

]]> By: Brandi C. http://www.russellmoore.com/2010/03/26/what-hath-jerusalem-to-do-with-nashville/#comment-11586 Brandi C. Sat, 27 Mar 2010 01:24:51 +0000 http://www.russellmoore.com/?p=5135#comment-11586 My husband was a student at Southern, we live in Nashville now, I write music reviews for a Nashville publication, and my husband works part time backstage at the Opry house. Your thoughts about country music and SBC are on target! I think traditional country music may be making a comeback of sorts. Have you heard Jamey Johnson? He is the closest thing to Cash to grace Nashville in some time. He doesn't write about his sin to glorify it, but to tell it for what it is. "That southern baptist parkin' lot, is where I'd go to smoke my pot, sit there in my pickup truck and pray....starin' at that giant cross just reminded me that I was lost, but it just never seemed to point the way" from High Cost of Livin'. He writes like he has lived and seen his own sin. I'm not sure of his salvation, but as most country artists, he seems to know its out there. Great post! My husband was a student at Southern, we live in Nashville now, I write music reviews for a Nashville publication, and my husband works part time backstage at the Opry house. Your thoughts about country music and SBC are on target! I think traditional country music may be making a comeback of sorts. Have you heard Jamey Johnson? He is the closest thing to Cash to grace Nashville in some time. He doesn’t write about his sin to glorify it, but to tell it for what it is. “That southern baptist parkin’ lot, is where I’d go to smoke my pot, sit there in my pickup truck and pray….starin’ at that giant cross just reminded me that I was lost, but it just never seemed to point the way” from High Cost of Livin’. He writes like he has lived and seen his own sin. I’m not sure of his salvation, but as most country artists, he seems to know its out there. Great post!

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