Paul, under the control of the Holy Spirit wrote ‘Be ye followers of me, even as I also am of Christ‘ 1 Corinthians 11:1. The Word of God knows nothing of the celebrity status so many professing Christians have been given by others. Now, ‘The lead singer of a popular Christian music band has taken to social media to state that he no longer believes in God.
Jon Steingard, pictured above at a live performance, of the popular band, Hawk Nelson, said that, “After growing up in a Christian home, being a pastor’s kid, playing and singing in a Christian band, and having the word ‘Christian’ in front of most of the things in my life – I am now finding that I no longer believe in God.”
Hawk Nelson is a Canadian Christian rock and pop punk band from Peterborough, Ontario. Formed in 2000, the band has released eight studio albums to date.
I’ve been terrified to post this for a while – but it feels like it’s time for me to be honest,” he said on Instagram. “I hope this is not the end of the conversation, but the beginning. I hope this is encouraging to people who might feel the same but are as afraid to speak as I am. I want to be open. I want to be transparent with you all – and also open to having my heart changed in the future.
I am not looking for a debate at all – just a chance to share my story in the hopes some good can come from it. I love you all.”
In his post, he states that losing his faith “didn’t happen overnight or all of a sudden” He stated that, “I have been terrified to be honest about this publicly for quite some time, because of all that I thought I would lose.
“I simply can no longer avoid it. Processing this quietly felt right when I simply had doubts, but once they solidified into a genuine point of view, it began to feel dishonest not to talk about it.”
He said that he and his wife are relieved about walking away from their faith.’
In spite of this announcement ‘…the band is not disbanding, leaving members to work out how to serve the Christian music market when their frontman has made such a big announcement. The band has not yet released an official statement as to its future plans.’ https://mychristiandaily.com/major-christian-bands-lead-singer-i-no-longer-believe-in-god/
It’s Biblical to Examine yourselves, whether ye be in the faith; prove your own selves. Know ye not your own selves, how that Jesus Christ is in you, except ye be reprobates? 2 Corinthians 13:5.
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I’m reminded of 1 John 2:19, “They went out from us, but they were not of us; for if they had been of us, they would no doubt have continued with us: but they went out, that they might be made manifest that they were not all of us.”
But I don’t think even that’s totally accurate; I might be misapplying this passage. 1 Jn 2:19 predicates that they had some form or semblance to true Christianity at some point, “they went out of from us,” (that is, they went out from the apostolic Faith and doctrine, John the Apostle being of the “us” used x 5 here) implying that at some point these had some appearance or form of true Christianity. These new evangelical heretical adulterers with the world, spiritual whores, never had any form of apostolic faith to begin with. They always have the appearance of unclean and worldliness, enemies of God (Jam 4:4).
I think a more apt description is to be found in 2 Peter 2:22, “But it is happened unto them according to the true proverb, The dog is turned to his own vomit again; and the sow that was washed to her wallowing in the mire.”
Reuben
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Right on again, Reuben! Sad so many have fallen for this devil music and these ‘professing Christians’! One wonders if the band has not disbanded how that will affect their standing with those ‘Christians’ who were their followers? I think these followers will just help lick up the vomit with the band.
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