Directory of Contemporary Worship Musicians - Way of Life Literature

presence of God.” e music created the right atmosphere forthe charismatic phenomena.Crowder, DavidDavid Crowder, a very influential contemporary worshipmusician, co-founded University Baptist Church in Waco,Texas, with Chris Seay. As the “pastor of worship,” Crowderbegan writing praise songs that launched his music career.Seay is an emerging pastor who believes the Bible containsmany errors (Seay, Faith of My Fathers, pp. 81-86). He says: “Ilove the Bible, and I believe it’s perfect in every way ITNEEDS TO BE. But I serve a living God, not a canon” (p. 86).Seay is the author of e Gospel according to Tony Soprano(2002), which finds spiritual lessons in the filthy R-ratedtelevision series. He co-authored with Greg Garrett eGospel Reloaded (2003), which analyzes the R-rated Matrixmovies “for their hidden and transparent meaning.”In January 2012, Crowder made a “surprise appearance” tolead worship for the send-off of Rob Bell at Mars Hill BibleChurch in Grandville, Michigan (“Rob Bell Received aTearful Farewell,” Christian Post, Jan. 9, 2012). is was Bell’sfinal Sunday service at the church he founded 12 years earlierbefore launching out on a new venture. Crowder thus put hisblessing on Bell’s many rank heresies, including his denialthat the Bible is the infallible Word of God and his denial ofthe eternal judgment of hell. In his 2011 book Love Wins, Bellpreaches near-universalism, as well as a false god, a falsechrist, a false gospel, a false heaven, and a false hell.ough Bell has denied that he believes in universalism, hecertainly makes a case for it in this book, though he mighthave le room for some folk to wind up for awhile in sometype of hell.Consider the quote, which is only one of many that be citedfrom this book:66