Derek Webb - What Matters More?
Posted by aaronjen | Filed under Music
I blogged about Derek Webb’s album Stockholm Syndrome earlier and have had more of a chance to listen to the album and read a bit more of the ‘controversy’ this song has caused.
Scot McKnight blogs about this song - mainly asking what people have heard and think about the song. McKnight doesn’t know much about Derek Webb so for that reason was asking what other people thought about the song/artist etc. A number of responses to McKnight’s questions seemed to be directed at Derek Webb’s artistic ability and not directly at the questions of whether the song was appropriate etc.
I’ve also read elsewhere opposing views as to whether or not the issue of homosexuality is in fact still an issue. A number of people at both McKnight’s and Burnside Writer’s blogs believe that “What Matters More” is a little bit too late. I don’t think this is the case…I think, maybe on paper some Christians attitudes towards sexuality have changed, but I’d say in practice there is still a hesitation towards acceptance of people regardless of sexuality.
I think that Webb is asking the question about what matters more to highlight that instead of trying to correct other peoples’ behavior, we should focus on things that we can make a difference with, such as loving others, justice, and worrying about our own walk. - ALR
Tags: Derek Webb, Scot McKnight, sexuality, What Matters More
