Directory of Contemporary Worship Musicians - Way of Life Literature

me who’s in the house? J.C./ Tell me who’s in the house? J.C./Tell me who’s in the house? J.C./ Tell me who’s in the house?J.C./ Jesus Christ is in the house today.’Now, in your wildest dreams, could you possibly imagine theApostle Paul referring to the Lord Jesus Christ as J.C.? Here’swhat the Apostle Paul says about the name of Jesus Christ inPhilippians 2: ‘Wherefore God also hath highly exalted him,and given him a NAME [not the initials J.C.!] which is aboveevery NAME: at at the NAME of Jesus every knee shouldbow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things underthe earth’ (Philippians 2:9-10) (Christian Rock: Blessing orBlasphemy? by Terry Watkins, former rock guitarist, Dial theTruth Ministries, http://www.av1611.org/crock.html#CarmanRes Rap).Carman’s Live...Radically Saved video includes “a jazzed-up50s imitation of Elvis Presley called ‘Celebrating Jesus.’Carman shakes, stutters and shimmies just like the ‘King’himself, as the crowd cheers and be-bops in the aisles. ... Elvisadmirers would surely say, ‘What’s the big deal?’ at’s exactlythe point. It should be a very big deal when Christiansglamorize a sex pervert, drug addict and pathetic tool ofSatan like Elvis” (Jeff Godwin, What’s Wrong with ChristianRock?, pp. 184, 185).Carman’s video Mission 3:16 was filmed partially in Irelandusing some of the dancers from the sensual and indecentRiverdance program (CCM Magazine, July 1998, p. 12).In 1997, Carman joined Roman Catholic Kathy Troccoliand 40 other CCM artists to record Love One Another, a songwith an ecumenical theme: “Christians from alldenominations demonstrating their common love for Christand each other.” e song talks about tearing down the wallsof denominational division. e broad range of participantswho joined Troccoli in recording “Love One Another”demonstrates the radical ecumenical agenda ofContemporary Christian Music which is helping build theone-world “church.”49