American Idol and Shout To The Lord?

Did you watch Idol Gives Back last night? Wow, did you miss a shocker, if you didn’t?

Imagine all 8 final contestants, backed up with a choir and confetti flying everywhere, singing… Shout To The Lord. It was so cool to see.

Of all the messages that the producers of Idol Gives Back could have sent as their last song of the night, they choose this song. A clear declaration to the God we worship as the comforter, shelter, and refuge for all of us.

What do you think?

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One thing I found strange is that they changed "Jesus" to "Shepherd". It seemed deliberate, to include all faiths perhaps?
WRong, They did sing My Jesus
Every year I am amazed at how God allows so many Christians to influence American Idol, sometimes subtle, sometimes overt.

And the show constantly breaks ratings records. Coincidence?
"But what does it matter? The important thing is that in every way, whether from false motives or true, Christ is preached. And because of this I rejoice."
Philippians 1:17:19
I saw this verse on another website, and amidst of all the pros and cons of this song on American Idol, and leaving out His name Jesus, I rejoice for the message this song still sends and how it may have touched even one life.
The name "Jesus" was included in the performance on Thursday night.
Why were they so afraid to say the name JESUS? The song is was dead, they took the life out of it. The song was written My Jesus My Saviour not my Shephard My Saviour. It is about 1 person, not a general lets feel good feeling. Why are they afraid of His name or is it that they do not know Him, either way it was very hollow........
To me, the most bizarre part was at 41 seconds when we get our first glimpse of the glowing American Idol sign. It coincides nicely with the lyrics, "Power and Majesty Praise to the King." Something about a show whose sole purpose is to create modern day idols based on a consumeristic vision of music co-opting a song about worshiping God just rubs me the wrong way.
I feel the same way. I don't want to completely discount the comments about God being honored in places we don't expect, but this show stands for exactly what God hates. A worship song in this context is confusing and subtly deceptive on several levels. It's hard for me to accept that a good thing happened here, and hard to shake the idea that something is even more wrong with this than what appears on the surface.
Praise God! I am so happy that The Lord was represented Last night!
And after the song they went to a bit with the comedian being bleeped out with a profanity filled skit. They just couldn't end on a high note.
You beat me to posting about this, David. (Stupid Pacific time zone. :-) I find this a little silly, though not quite as silly as Air1 fawning over it this morning, or the callers rejoicing that they had a "wonderful, worshipful time" in the audience last night, or the worried consternation that they changed "Jesus" to "Shepherd".

What I heard last night was a bunch of people singing a song to glorify their own voices (which, DUH, is what American Idol is all about!). It certainly wasn't anything approaching worship, though it's hardly surprising: American Idol is a secular show run by a secular company starring persons of questionable (at BEST) Christianity.

I guess I think it's okay and all, but I'm not going to call it worship. I'm not going to call it evangelism, getting the word out there, preaching Christ. It was a typical exercise in self-aggrandizement that happened to use a Christian worship song. That part IS pretty atypical, but let's not get carried away with assigning too much importance to it all.
Agreed with Tami and Steven... it seems in tune (pun intended) with the postmodern, universalist, watered-down spirit of "Jesus, Mohammed, Buddah, Krishna, Joseph Smith, what does it matter? Let's just collectively celebrate 'spirituality' and sing Kumbaya - or Shout to the Shepherd-Lord whose name is ___________ (fill in blank, if desired, with whatever's comfortable)!"

Lots of songs don't have the name Jesus in them, and that's perfectly ok. What's problematic is to take a song that DOES have the Name above all Names in it and extract it because... well, why? I'd like to know. Too exclusive? People might be offended? Jesus said many would take offense at His Name.

I wonder if songwriter Darlene Zschech knew of the "editing", and if so how she felt about it?
We all said ... Wow! When we heard with our own ear that they sang 'Shout To The Lord'. Surprised I can say that way. No matter what, May the Lord Name be glorified. The "Lord" is the Lord of Lords, there is no other name, the Lord is Jesus the Christ

We may ask other question here. Are there any violations in term of changing the music lyrics from the original? Do they need a special permission for that?

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