Directory of Contemporary Worship Musicians - Way of Life Literature

“Bono dislikes the label ‘born-again Christian’--and he doesn’tgo to church either. [He says,] ‘I’m a very, very badadvertisement for God...’” (U2: e Rolling Stone Files).“A U2 concert aims to raise people’s sense of their own worth.‘It’s a celebration of me being me and you being you,’ as Bonoonce put it. e music soars and swirls but never bludgeons. ...‘I want people to leave our concerts feeling positive, a bit morefree,’ says Bono” (Steve Turner, Hungry for Heaven, p. 28). Acelebration of me is exactly what rock & roll is at its mostfundamental level, and it is a fulfillment of 2 Timothy 3:2. “Formen shall be lovers of their own selves...”“I believe that it’s a woman’s right to choose [an abortion].Absolutely” (Bono, Mother Jones magazine, May/June 1989).Beware When the World Loves YouU2 is exalted as “the biggest band in the world,” and theyare praised by everyone from Christianity Today to RollingStone. e world loves U2, and that brings some Scriptures tomind.“If ye were of the world, the world would love his own: butbecause ye are not of the world, but I have chosen you out ofthe world, therefore the world hateth you” (John 15:19).“I have given them thy word; and the world hath hated them,because they are not of the world, even as I am not of theworld” (John 17:14).“ey are of the world: therefore speak they of the world, andthe world heareth them” (1 John 4:5).“And we know that we are of God, and the whole world lieth inwickedness” (1 John 5:19).e world loves U2 because U2 is of the world, and theworld recognizes its own. e love that Bono sings about isthe world’s love. U2’s philosophy is the world’s philosophy.U2’s lifestyle is the world’s lifestyle.Consider this line from the song “Vertigo” -- “A feeling is somuch stronger than a thought.”391