Monday, September 23, 2024

Dylan and Faith.

 Bob Dylan: Gotta serve somebody (1979)

He was rock royalty when he had a surprise conversion to faith in Jesus Christ and started to preach the gospel to his huge audiences. It was the song "Gotta serve somebody" that launched his new faith to the world, with it's message to all, including a "preacher preaching spiritual pride", a "young Turk" and the "rich or poor" that they have to make a choice who they will serve:

"It may be the Devil or it may be the Lord

But you're gonna have to serve somebody"

However on the release of an album of Christmas carols in 2009 he told the Big Issue: "I am a true believer." More recently, he told the Wall Street Journal: "I'm a religious person. I read the scriptures a lot, meditate and pray, light candles in church. I believe in damnation and salvation, as well as predestination. The Five Books of Moses, Pauline Epistles, Invocation of the Saints, all of it."

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