Episode 40 - The Kanye Conundrum

The hip hop artist Kayne West is a wildly successful musician and businessman.  At the same time, his very loud, public persona has resulted in no shortage of drama and controversy.  So, in 2019, when Kayne released an album titled "Jesus is King", an all-Gospel record that he claimed culminated a 3-year born-again conversion, the world took notice.  The Rap Kingpin turned Christian Convert raised eyebrows among believers and non-believers alike.  Kayne, then, presents us an interesting case-study-in-the-extreme for how the church is, or is not, prepared to handle the "unreached" in the 21st century.

Chad goes gangsta and spits some probing prose up in the mike, as Ben keeps the beat and bobs his head during this hit track of an episode.  The two collaborate to evaluate the Kayne-like challenge facing the church today.  If it's true the Gospel message is ever-new, then how ready and willing are believers to deliver it to those who really need to hear it?  How has the church failed to reach men during the last 50 years, and what would need to be done to bring more men back into the fold?  To what extent does in-fighting within Christianity diminish the Christian witness to a post-Christian world?

SHOW NOTES:

"Jesus is King":   Spotify – JESUS IS KING

Time Magazine Article on Kayne's conversion:   Kanye West’s 'Jesus Is King' Divides the Christian Community | Time