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The song's co-writer, Peter Ivers, recorded a version in the late 1970s, though it was not released until its inclusion on the 2019 album, Becoming Peter Ivers. [1] Devo (sung by Booji Boy) covered the song live in 1978-1979 as the penultimate song in their set. [2] It was sung at the start of gigs by fans of psychobilly band The Meteors.
The song has the chorus line "Jesus Christ is my nigga". Pastor Chris English, in an email to The Christian Post , said the use of the word nigga was "clearly over the line, and offensive". [ 6 ] He thought the video, parody or not, perpetuated many negative stereotypes about Christians, and as such, would have never worked in an outreach ...
According to New Testament scholar James Dunn, it is not possible "to construct (from the available data) a Jesus who will be the real Jesus". [ q 13 ] According to Philip R. Davies , a biblical minimalist , "what is being affirmed as the Jesus of history is a cipher, not a rounded personality".
[6] Furthermore, Deen wrote that "Jesus at the Centre is a topnotch worship album that is arguably the best of the group’s long and storied career. Musically, lyrically, vocally, production-wise, Jesus at the Centre is probably the closest to a worship experience in Heaven as I’ve ever experienced to date."
Jeffrey Craig Fenholt (September 15, 1950 – September 10, 2019) was an American musician, singer and actor best known for his performance as the title character in the original Broadway theatre production of Jesus Christ Superstar, and for his appearance on the cover of Time. In later years, Fenholt gained recognition as a Christian ...
Jesus's ascension into Heaven is described in Luke 24:50–53, Acts 1:1–11, and mentioned in 1 Timothy 3:16. In the Acts of the Apostles, forty days after the Resurrection, as the disciples look on, "he was lifted up, and a cloud took him out of their sight". 1 Peter 3:22 states that Jesus has "gone into heaven and is at the right hand of God ...
The song itself was simple, when you're writing a song you keep it simple of course. It wasn't like a Christian song of praise it was just a simple song. I had to use Christianity because I had to use something. But more important it wasn't the Jesus part, it was the spirit in the sky. Funny enough ... I wanted to die with my boots on.
Earl J. Doherty (born 1941) [1] is a Canadian author of The Jesus Puzzle (1999), Challenging the Verdict (2001), and Jesus: Neither God Nor Man (2009). Doherty argues for a version of the Christ myth theory, the thesis that Jesus did not exist as a historical figure.