{"id":5061,"date":"2011-05-19T10:00:48","date_gmt":"2011-05-19T14:00:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/redeeminggod.com\/?p=5061"},"modified":"2013-06-22T21:43:21","modified_gmt":"2013-06-23T05:43:21","slug":"steve-taylor-formative-theologian","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/redeeminggod.com\/steve-taylor-formative-theologian\/","title":{"rendered":"Steve Taylor – One of my Formative Theologians"},"content":{"rendered":"
Sometimes people ask me which theologians have impacted me the most over the years. I have a few, but recently, I realized one who probably makes no one else’s list.<\/p>\n
Ever heard of this theologian? Probably not. He hasn’t written any books of theology. He never got a Ph.D. (that I know of). He has long hair (longer than mine!). He doesn’t preach in any church, teach in any seminary, or even have a blog.<\/p>\n
So who is he? How was I influenced by his theology?<\/p>\n
Through his music. Steve Taylor is a musician. I didn’t realize how much his theology and ideas impacted me until recently when I pulled out some old CDs that I listened to twenty years ago, and was shocked by what I heard. He was singing my heart! The words of his song match the ideas in my mind.<\/p>\n
So over the next few days, I am going to post a few of his videos, and make a few comments about them.<\/p>\n
If you decide to watch the videos, be warned. Steve Taylor sang in the 1980’s and his clothing and dancing reflect it. He’s kind of quirky.\u00a0But deep theology and missional ideas are painted with words in nearly every song.<\/p>\n
By the way, I don’t think any of his music is available on iTunes. He had a falling out with his Christian record label, and they refuse to put his songs on iTunes. Nice, huh?<\/p>\n
Steve is no longer recording music. He is now a movie producer, and is coming out with his first full-length movie later this year. I am quite excited about it, and I’ll fill you in on a later post.<\/p>\n
The first video I want to post today is “Jesus if for Losers.”<\/p>\n