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Full Christian & Secular Rock

Music Expose

The Pet Sin of"Christian Rock"In this study will be examining Christian Rock music and it close ties to itspredecessor Secular Rock music. This study will involve looking at asubstantial email exchange I had with another man (calling himself a Christian)who was bound and determined to prove me wrong. The only problem was thathe never gave me anything but his opinion to base his arguments on, but the

Bible says in: Proverbs 14:12 & 16:25: "There is a way which seemeth right unto aman, but the end thereof are the ways of death." This whole study is really anindictment on the typical, modern day, lukewarm church that refuses to call sin:sin; and why the judgment of sin is so important in our individual lives as well asin the church. We will also be looking specific groups with the Christian Rockmovement (like DC Talk & others) to see what they believe and preach; andexplore the history of modern day rock music and how it relates to one of themost debauched high level occults who ever lived: Aleister Crowley. I will alsogive my partial testimony regarding Rock and Christian Rock music presentingmy first hand experience with this end time delusion that has permeated apostateChristianity. The second part of this study will deal with a Bible study from the

book of Galatians which is particularly important for anyone struggling withwanting to mingle the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ with the law; which isparticularly prevalent in Christian Zionism, The Hebrew Roots Movement,etc.

To hear this audio go to:http://www.sermonaudio.com/sermoninfo.asp?sermonID=411072392


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Biblical Guidelines for Christian Music:http://www.av1611.org/cqguide.html

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Email or to Subscribe to the Free Email Newsletter list (There is aChristian and Health oriented newsletter, so please indicatedwhichone/ones you would like to be added onto) :[email protected] Audio Website:www.sermonaudio.com/drscottjohnsonFree Gift:www.chick.com/information/general/salvation.aspIf you think our efforts are worthy, please consider supporting uswith a small gift. Thank you for caring enough to get involved. Ifyou feel led to correspond by mail or would like to donate to thisministry please direct your correspondence to:Scott JohnsonPO Box 3885

N. Ft. Myers, FL 33918Jude 3&4: "Beloved, when I gave all diligence to write unto you oftheCommon salvation, it was needful for me to write unto you, andexhort you that ye should earnestly contend for the faith whichwas once delivered unto the saints."

John Todd: (The Witchcraft of Rock & Roll)His name was John Todd, a former member of the illuminati. He warned us against theplan for world control before he was framed and effectively discredit by the illuminati.The words that he left on his audio tapes are still coming to pass which puts lots of

credibility on his claim that he was an insider. This audio tape speaks about thedangers of rock and roll music including "Christian rock". This explains how therock music is cursed (by putting a spell on the master recording)and how thisputs a spell on those who listen to this music and especially if you bring theactual CD/Audio Cassette home with you. This is just another piece of the puzzle thatexplains evil in this world.Watch:http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=8102723686161066292&q=john+todd+illuminati&total=14&start=0&num=10&so=0&type=search&plindex=3Former Illuminati Member John Todd (Explaining

The Illuminati)His name was John Todd, a former member of the illuminati. This audio tape speaksabout the evil plans of the illuminati for world control.This is just another piece of thepuzzle that explains what's going on today's world.Watch: http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-4797172096740150104&q=john+todd+illuminati&total=14&start=0&num=10&so=0&type=search&plindex=0For a written transcript and more John Todd audios go to:


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http://www.jesus-is-savior.com/Evils%20in%20America/Rock-n-Roll/john_todd.htm

Theme: Rock Music--Learn of rock's ancient Druid origins, its occult connections,its dangers, and why it should have no place in a Christian's life. 32 pages

Theme: Occult-- When Jody gets more than she bargained for in the occult, shelearns that Jesus loves her and is the only One who can help her. 32 pages

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FGF-030 - 3-Hour DVD - They Sold Their Souls For Rock-n-Roll

Absolutely the hardest-hitting expose' on the true nature of Rock-n-Roll,Pop Music, and Country Music we have ever seen! Pastor Schimmel wasa minor Rock-n-Roll star who had visions of future riches and glory beforeJesus Christ got hold of his heart! This video takes you backstage,showing the true nature and face of Rock stars from the 1950's throughtoday. Even Brittney Spears, 'N SYNC, Ricky Martin, Garth Brooks, andEminem are included, just to mention a few. If you are fighting with yourchildren or your grandchildren about Rock, this video will give you the

ammunition you need to convince your loved ones of the Satanic nature ofRock-n-Roll. You will also see how Rock-n-Roll is preparing the masses ofyoungsters to be the future army of Antichrist, just as Cutting Edge hasbeen saying for 10 years! This video is as powerful as it is, because it waswritten by an insider who is now Born Again. If you like the hard-hittingstyle of Cutting Edge, you will absolutely love this beautifully produced, 3-hour video.*Parents Strongly Cautioned.You need to view this with your


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children.Contains vivid images of actual Rock concerts & sensitive subjectshttp://www.cuttingedge.org/detail.cfm?ID=1258

EVP-001 - Can We ROCK The Gospel?

Warning in a Christian music magazine to naive Christian lovers of"Christian Rock": "I'll bet you aren't aware of all the occultic propagandain your record collections".

Does God endorse music of every kind? Can we 'cut and paste' secularrock music and 'Christianize' it in the process? Should the ChristianChurch unite in bringing Rock Music to the altar or should we unite insending it to the bonfire?

Two respected Christian leaders and best-selling authors who togetherhave many years of hands-on experience in worship, preaching, andevangelism and music, combine in this book to examine thiscontroversial subject, using both recent evidence and time-tested truths.

http://www.cuttingedge.org/detail.cfm?ID=1365

GP-0971407207 - Fallen Angel: The Untold Story of Jimmy Page and Led Zeppelin

This book is a startling 648-page expose' of Led Zeppelin's propagationof a Satanic, Magick, and Masonic Order from England called "TheArgenteum Astrum"; which means 'Silver Star'. This Masonic-type BlackOrder was founded by Black Magician, Aleister Crowley -- the "Beast","Mr. 666" -- who vowed to destroy the Christian faith. Fallen Angel tellsthe complete story of Crowley and Led Zeppelin's close relationship toLucifer, aided by 132 photographs amplifying the truth of these men;contains many never-before-seen photos of Led Zeppelin in concert,including an center 8-page color photo section.http://www.cuttingedge.org/detail.cfm?ID=525


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CP-110 - Spellbound? Rock Music And Its Power To Persuade

Join the Crusaders as they meet a man who tells us how Satan isattacking the church, through spells, astrology, occultic jewelry and rockmusic. "You Christians are in full-scale spiritual warfare, and you don't

even know it. You are being attacked by the Powers of Darknessthrough spells and incantations; you are playing "Church", and becauseyou don't read your Bibles, Satan is going for your jugular vein.

Through charms and infiltrating their churches with Rock Music,Satanists believe they can blow the Christian Church off the face of theearth, once the time became "ripe". This scenario is occurring inchurches all across this land, with "Praise Bands" and ContemporaryMusic and "Christian Rock".

Is this a description of your church? The foretold "Apostasy" of the church -- falling away

from true doctrine -- is now here, and much of it has been cause by Rock Music.http://www.cuttingedge.org/detail.cfm?ID=1115

EVP-002 - Why I Left The Contemporary Christian Music Movement

Untold thousands of Christian churches across the world areabandoning Traditional Music in favor of Contemporary ChristianMusic. Writing from his own personal experience as a Christian musicleader, Dan Lucarini severely criticizes using Contemporary Music in

the worship of our Lord Jesus Christ. Dan illustrates how churcheshave been deceived into thinking they have to become like the worldin order to reach the world.

This music is causing divisions within the church and gradually turnsthe worshippers from a focus on Jesus to a focus on themselves.

This warm and heartfelt account highlights these dangers and isintended to aid church leaders in reversing these modern trends,

understanding the truth of the Scripture: "Stand ye in the ways, and see, and ask for the oldpaths, where is the good way, and walk therein, and ye shall find rest for your souls" - Jer

6:16 http://www.cuttingedge.org/detail.cfm?ID=1400


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Churches Go Big-Screen, Hi-Fi, Rock Music & Direct-

Deposit Tithing

At First Baptist Church of Glenarden in Prince George's County, parishionerswho don't make it to church on time are directed to an overflow room to watch theSunday service on a huge projection screen. If they can't make it to church at all,they can catch the service online, anytime. The Church at Severn Run in AnneArundel County has a wireless network in its cafe that lets parents work andperuse the Internet while waiting for their children to finish Sunday school. And atMcLean Bible Church in Northern Virginia, fancy lighting, rock music andoccasional applause spice up spirited sermons. "I think God would be pleasedwith this," said the Rev. Grainger Browning Jr., pastor of the 10,000-memberEbenezer AME Church in Fort Washington. "I don't think that God would want

us to try to evangelize like Jesus did 2,000 years ago." ...http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/09/24/AR2007092401853.html?hpid=topnews


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This story depicts are very common theme amoung secular music stars--Dr. J.

THE DEVIL ALWAYS GETS HIS DUE:ROBERT JOHNSONSDEAL WITH THE DEVIL AND THE

CROSSROADS CURSEhttp://www.hauntedamericatours.com/cursed/

The story of Robert Johnson and his infamous crossroads deal with the devil in which hetraded his immortal soul for musical genius is deeply ingrained in the mythology and

legend of the rural South and is one of the best-known tales of American folklore.

Young Robert Johnson, a struggling musician trying to make a living and a name forhimself in Depression-era Mississippi is said to have journeyed to the crossroads in orderto barter with the devil for the fame and fortune he desired. He knew the price would be

high and it was, indeed but this seemed to matter little for what he got in exchange:Robert Johnson is called the King of the Delta and is considered by many to be the fatherof the blues. The contribution he made to music in his brief lifetime can never be debated,but Johnson never lived to enjoy his fame: the Devil didnt wait long to collect on his due.

I went to the crossroadFell down on my knees,I went to the crossroadFell down on my knees;

Asked the Lord above,Have mercy now,Save poor Bob, if you please.

-- Robert Johnsons CrossroadBlues


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Robert Johnson was born in Hazelhurst, Mississippi on May 8, 1911, the illegitimate son ofJulia Dodd and Noah Johnson. But he would never know his father Noah Johnsonquickly disappeared from his infant sons life.

Julia Dodd and her young son moved often as she searched for work in various parts of thesouth; when she finally took employment in a plantation home near Robinsonville,Mississippi, Robert, still a young boy, went to work in the nearby cotton fields. Together, heand his mother could barely earn a living to get by and Robert took comfort in music,picking out tunes on a guitar he had found on a trash heap.

At seventeen Robert Johnson married his childhood sweetheart, Virginia Travis, but theirhappiness was doomed to be short lived. Within a year of their marriage, in April 1930,Virginia died in childbirth. Johnson was distraught with grief and from the time he put hisVirginia into the ground he was constantly on the move, devoting all his time, thought andenergy to music.

While traveling throughout the South over the next few years, Johnson never ceased workon developing his skills. He often spoke of how he and his friend, Willie Brown, would getdrunk on moonshine and go out to the nearby cemetery where they would sit on thetombstones all night, strumming guitar and composing dark melodies. Johnson was neverformally trained to read music but could play almost anything by ear and he often imitatedthe styles of other Delta musicians of the time. It is said that he learned the bottleneck slideguitar technique from watching guitarist Son House play; from this, Johnson developed hisown signature style. Over the next several years Johnson often performed in roadhousesand juke joints throughout the South alongside fellow musicians such as Charlie Pattonand Sonny Boy Williamson, becoming locally quite well-known. But Johnson had ambition

as well as talent and he knew that he could be a lot more than just a big fish in a littlepond. He set out to make himself famous.

Many of what come down as facts about the life of Robert Johnson end up being part of alarger legend that seems to have woven itself around the man, giving him a status ofalmost mythic proportion and a star-crossed life, apparently, to go along with that. Somespeculate that other musicians of lesser talent who traveled the circuit with Johnson were

jealous of his skills and many point to these naysayers as the source of the entire Johnsonmyth saying that Johnson suffered from such a lack of talent that he would gladly sell hissoul just to be able to play poorly. There are others, however, considered friends byJohnson or who were fortunate enough to see him perform, who knew Johnson to be a

powerhouse even in his green years on the Delta circuit. If this is so, then why would aman of talent, who could achieve his goals through plain hard work, even consider sellinghis soul to the Devil?


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Go on, Robert Johnson: Yo is deKing of the Delta Blues. Go onhome to Rosedale. And when yogets on up in town, yo get yo aplate of dem hot tamalesbecause yos goin to be needinsomethin on yo stomach whereyo is headed.

-- The Devil to Robert Johnson

Some have said that it wasnt talent that eluded Robert Johnson, but rather, fame and withit fortune: Johnson wasnt satisfied unless he could have it all.

But, according to many, Johnson was not satisfied with his own musical abilities, despitethe encouragement and reassurance of all who heard him play. He felt he needed to bemore talented to really achieve the kind of success and fame he so desired. Already

disillusioned with faith and angry with God for having taken his wife and unborn child,drinking heavily, full of despair, Johnson remembered one way he might gain everything hewanted in one fell swoop.

It is well known in the folklore of the American south, as it is throughout Europe, that thecrossing of two roads or the intersection of three at one place was an especially evil place,a place where the fabric of the natural world often broke down allowing the dark denizensof the unseen realms to cross over into the world of men. The belief was long held amongEuropeans and cultures of the Near East where altars were erected at crossroads tosatiate the appetites of the evil spirits that such an in-between place attracted. In lattertimes these altars were usually marked with some image of the Christian faith, perhaps a

crucifix or a statue of the beloved Virgin. In earlier, wilder times, the altars would bedrenched in blood and covered with offerings such as the carcasses of black puppies andcats, crow feathers and boiled eggs, favorites of the Witch Goddess Hecate who usedcrossroads to enter into and harry this world. In more recent history, crossroads becamethe places of executions with large trees nearby performing the task of a makeshift gallows.Gallows were also erected at crossroads and even into modern times those who had diedby suicide or otherwise outside the faith were often buried at crossroads in unmarkedgraves, their souls committed to the keepers of the realms of the unholy dead.


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In the rural Delta the crossroads was a bad place where those who practiced voodoo wouldgo to work their victims; those in search of the hoodoo man would often be told to meethim at a crossroads, such was the potency of the location in collective folk memory. It wasa place of black cats and rabid dogs, of black magic and evil intentions, and in the rural

South of the early 20th century, next to hell itself, the crossroads was the best place tomeet the Devil.

Beatrice, she got a phonographand it won't say a lonesome wordBeatrice, she got a phonographand it won't say a lonesome wordWhat evil have I donewhat evil has the poor girl heard

Beatrice I love my phonographbut you have broke my windinchainBeatrice I love my phonogra-ooohoney you have broke my windinchainAnd you've taken my lovinand give it to your other manNow we played it on the sofa nowwe played it side the wallMy needles have got rusty babe

they will not play at allNow we played it on the sofawe played it side the wallMy needles have got rustyand it will not play at allBeatrice I go crazybaby I will lose my mindAnd I go crazeeeeehoney I will lose my mindWhy dont-ya bring your clothesback home

and try me one more timeShe got a phonographand it won't say a lonesome wordShe got a phonographooo-won't say a lonesome wordWhat evil have I doneor what evil have the poor girlheard


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According to all accounts, on a windy October night Robert Johnson headed down to thecrossroads on the south end of Rosedale, Mississippi, where Highway 8 intersects withHighway 1. With nothing but his guitar to keep him company, Johnson sat down on aroadside stone and began to strum; soon he was playing a mournful tune. Within a short

time, as clouds began to obscure the yellow light of the full October moon, Johnsonbecame aware of the smell of something burning, like acrid wood smoke or the smell thatrises from the tip of a burnt out match head. Johnson played on, now too frightened to doanything else. Suddenly it became clear to him that he wasnt alone. There reached aroundfrom behind him then a burly arm covered in a ratty, brown and yellow plaid suit coatsleeve, with huge red stone cufflinks holding a starched white cuff taut against a hugeblack hand.

Why, dis aint nuthin but outta tune, boy, said a deep, hoarse voice that echoed allaround the middle of nowhere. Lemme tune dat up for yo!

Johnson heard the squeaking of the guitar strings along the frets, sounding as if those bigblack hands were torturing them. But not once did he look around, and he held his arms inmid-air as if the instrument were still across his knees and he had not stopped playing.

Within minutes the guitar reappeared beside his head. Without looking, Johnson reachedup and took the instrument; just then, the wind blew up and from out of nowhere a mangyblack dog ran past him down the road.

Go ahead, said the deep voice. Try it out

With shaking hands, Johnson settled the guitar in his lap and strummed. The guitar

responded in perfect, beautiful tune. But suddenly, to Johnsons dismay, he felt a face,seething heat and dripping sweat, come close up beside his own.

Yo knows de price, right boy? said the booming voice, but it was lower now, morethreatening.

Johnson nodded his head feverishly and felt the presence draw away. Well, dats all right,den! it said from somewhere above his head, then, with a chuckle, it was gone.


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From that moment on RobertJohnson played his instrumentwith a style and pizzazz thatcould make grown men cry andwomen do practically anything hewanted of them. His voicemoaned with the heaving sigh ofthe damned or wailed like adrowning cat, but it was all good.Johnson emerged from hismeeting with the Devil a changed

man carrying the heart of theDelta blues within him to allwhose paths he crossed, RobertJohnson WAS the blues.

Yo want to be de King o the Delta Blues and have all de whiskey and womens yo wants?

Thats a lot of whiskey and women, Devil-Man!

By 1936 Johnsons fortunes were on the upswing. Don Law, a record producer for theAmerican Record Company who was anxious to record the blues maestro for his label,approached him. Law offered Johnson between $10 and $15 for each song he recorded.

The first sessions took place late in 1936 at the Gunter Hotel in San Antonio, Texas.Johnson played several of his own pieces and also reworked some songs by otherbluesmen; in all, seventeen songs were recorded in November of that year.

Police arrested Johnson on vagrancy charges and threw him in jail while he was in SanAntonio; they beat him up and smashed his guitar. To keep them from beating him further,a very likely scenario, Johnson asked them to contact Law. The producer showed up andprovided a reason for Johnsons presence in town and posted his bail that night. After onemore recording session the next day, in which the fateful Crossroads Blues track wasfinally laid, Johnson left San Antonio and resumed his vagabond life.

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Building in Dallas. Johnson laid down twelve more songs and worked on a handful ofalternate versions of the songs from the previous sessions. As previously, Johnsonreceived small compensation for his work and no royalties were arranged, however, Lawwas already making plans to call Johnson back into the studio for more sessions.

As fate or something like it would have it, Johnson wouldnt make that date. In fact, DonLaw never saw Robert Johnson again. And Johnson, it turned out, had a more importantdate to keep.

My left hand will be forever wrapped around yo soul, and yo musicgonna possess all who hears it. Dats whats gonna happen! Datswhat yo better be prepared fo!

Dis aint just any crossroads, Robert Johnson! I put dis X here for areason, an I been awaitin on yo!

Just as the life of Robert Johnson had been full of legend and contradiction, so thecircumstances of his death are still debated and in many ways remain uncertain.

Many sources agree that most probably the King of the Delta Blues met his end bypoisoning when, in a fit of jealous rage, the husband of an ex-girlfriend whom Johnson hadbeen romancing sought his revenge.

After being run off by his old flame, Johnson apparently caught up with musician SonnyBoy Williamson and the two went drinking at a local juke joint. Williamson, recognizing thespurned husband in the bar, warned Johnson not to drink from an open bottle of whiskeythat had been placed on their table. But Johnson was having none of it: he took the bottle

and drank the contents down.

Within a short time Johnson was vomiting and suffering terrible convulsions, his tongueswelled and blackened all the hallmarks of strychnine poisoning. Johnson finally died, inhorrible pain, on August 16, 1938 at the age of twenty-seven.


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Even in death Johnson

could find no rest and evennow the site of his actualfinal resting place is stilldebated among historiansand devotees. In Mississippithere are two grave sitesbearing his name. Just likethe location of Johnsonscrossroads, his final restingplace may never be knownfor certain, although the

most likely contender is thegrave located in Quitto,near Itta Bena, Mississippi.

There is no understanding or defining the Delta Blues, butexperiencing the blues, feeling the bluesthis occurs in Rosedale.And when this occurs in Rosedale, you are riding in a Cadillac, topdown, withRobert Johnson at your side.The source of the Delta Blues is [the] Crossroads in Rosedale.

Without Robert Johnson and the music of the Delta Blues much of the music we know andlove so well today would not exist. Certainly soul and R&B owe a tremendous debt toJohnson, but in every sense, rock and roll would not be rock and roll had Johnson neverexisted or made that sinister deal with the Devil. It may just be that Johnson did make thatdeal after all and some think that there is evidence existing today that proves it.

They call it the Crossroads Curse and there are those who point to this theory to prove that

the curse of Johnsons devilish bargain has had far-reaching and unexpectedconsequences.

It has been said by many that Johnson never particularly liked the song, although heobliged his record producer with at least three known versions. Nevertheless, modernmusicians who werent even born when Johnson was walking the roads of the MississippiDelta have since learned to worship at the shrine of his talent and it is this song Crossroad Blues in particular that is most associated with modern adaptation as well as


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modern tragedy.

Popular rock musicians who have performed the song include Eric Clapton and Cream,The Allman Brothers Band, and Lynyrd Skynyrd; and Led Zeppelin has lifted several ofJohnsons more sexual allusions for use in their lyrics. The Crossroads Curse may have

touched even Kurt Cobain, the founder of Nirvana. Each of these bands has been thetarget of intense professional and personal tragedies that make some wonder whether theDevil isnt still taking his payment all these long years later

Eric Clapton and Cream recorded Crossroad Blues for their Cream: Wheels of Fire LPat the height of their fame. Within a few short years, the band was disbanded and Claptonwas wallowing in the throes of heroin addiction. Years later, having cleaned up his life andenjoying a profitable solo career, Clapton was tragically struck by the death of his two yearold son who fell from an apartment window to death several stories below.

The tragedy surrounding The Allman Brothers Band is practically legend in the annals of

rock and roll. At the height of their fame, in 1971, Duane Allman, who is said to have lovedperforming Crossroad Blues live, was tragically killed in a motorcycle accident at anothercrossroads near Macon, Georgia where he swerved his motorcycle to avoid hitting a truck.He died later from his injuries. Just over a year later, in 1972, another band member,guitarist Berry Oakley, was killed while riding his motorcycle; he died less than a mile fromthe spot where Duane Allman had met his death. Though the band soldiered on, Duanesbrother Gregg felt compelled to immortalize his brothers connection to a crossroads in thesong Melissa:

The popular Alabama band Lynyrd Skynyrd added a cover version of Robert JohnsonsCrossroad Blues to their live performances. Its raw power and driving rhythm were

something that every audience looked forward to and the crowds kept coming as the bandtoured the south throughout 1976 and 1977. Then in October 1977, as the band was flyingfrom Greenville, SC to their next show at the L.S.U. Assembly Center their aging Convair240 lost an engine in mid-flight. The panicked crew lost control of the plane when theymistakenly dumped all the fuel. Minutes later the plane plunged into a swamp outsideGillsburg, Mississippi and broke into pieces. Both pilots, two of the bands members,including singer Ronnie Van Zant, and other relatives were killed in the crash. What hadbeen a promising future in rock music lay in pieces in a Mississippi swamp.

Led Zeppelin was famous for lapsing into treatments of many of Robert Johnsons bluessongs, including a riveting live version of Crossroad Blues. It is from Johnson that singer

Robert Plant borrowed the famous lyrics for The Lemon Song, squeeze my lemon till thejuice runs down my leg. Arguably one of the best and most influential rock bands ever,Led Zeppelin spent the 70s defying gravity and riding their lead balloon to super fameand fortune. Near the end of the 70s, however, the band fell upon some bad luck, triggeredby the untimely death of Plants son to septic shock in 1977. Shortly after this, amid rumorsof black magic and sexual sadism, guitarist Jimmy Page was battling his own demonstrying to kick a monstrous heroin addiction. In the next several years, Led Zeppelin wouldlose its drummer, the phenomenal John Bonham, and the manager who had guided them


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to supergroup status and beyond, the inimitable Peter Grant.

Finally, Kurt Cobain, the father of the grunge movement of the 1990s, was said to haveperformed his own acoustic version of Crossroad Blues while traveling with Nirvana andfor family and friends. Cobain considered reworking it for the band to play live and was said

to have been toying with recording a new version of the Robert Johnson classic when hislife came to a tragic end. In April 1994 Cobain was found on the second floor of his garageat his Washington state dead from a shotgun blast through the head. The circumstancessurrounding Cobains death are still the subject of hot debate with rival camps claimingthat Cobain committed suicide and others claiming that he was murdered in a conspiracythat centered around his wife, Courtney Love and it seems that the curse didnt stop atCobains death. Two people, one former Cobain employee and a Seattle cop widely reviledfor having botched the death site investigation, have both followed Cobain to the grave.

Step back, Devil-Man! Im goin to Rosedale:I AM THE BLUES!

If youre ever driving through the town of Rosedale, Mississippi, be sure to stop in at aplace called Leos Market. Besides serving good food and good talk, this is the home of theCrossroads Blues Society, the keepers, if you will, of the Robert Johnson crossroadslegend.

If youre lucky, as one recent visitor was, one of the waitresses might show you something.No, not that, but she may show you a curious, wrinkled, old, typewritten transcript of

someones spiritual vision about the truth about Johnsons barter with the Devil of thecrossroads. This vision, you will be told, was revealed to Johnsons fellow bluesman HenryGoodman as he left Rosedale for Anguila. And there have been reported sightings of whatis believed to be Johnsons ghost guitar over his shoulder walking the river roadbetween Beulah and Rosedale.


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Of course, some peoplethereabouts will tell you that thereal crossroads where RobertJohnson gave away his soul is

located at the intersection ofUS 61 and US 49 inClarksdale, Mississippi and thisis the location where manyblues fans go to pay theirrespects to the Father of theDelta Blues. Though thisseems at variance with theaccount of the spiritual visionthat follows, it is worth statingthat, where great myths are

concerned, exactness issomewhat less than a science.

Its all about the vision, with a V as you will learn if you follow the path of Robert Johnsondown that lonesome road.

Here, in its entirety, as published by the Crossroads Blues Society is the vision, with a Vof bluesman Henry Goodman:

Meeting with the Devil at the Crossroads"

A vision, as told by Henry Goodman

Robert Johnson been playing down in Yazoo City and over at Beulah trying to get back upto Helena, ride left him out on a road next to the levee, walking up the highway, guitar in hishand propped up on his shoulder. October cool night, full moon filling up the dark sky,Robert Johnson thinking about Son House preaching to him, Put that guitar down, boy,you drivin' people nuts.

Robert Johnson needing as always a woman and some whiskey. Big trees all around, darkand lonesome road, a crazed, poisoned dog howling and moaning in a ditch alongside theroad sending electrified chills up and down Robert Johnson's spine, coming up on acrossroads just south of Rosedale. Robert Johnson, feeling bad and lonesome, knowspeople up the highway in Gunnison. Can get a drink of whiskey and more up there.

Man sitting off to the side of the road on a log at the crossroads says, You're late, RobertJohnson.


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Robert Johnson drops to his knees and says, Maybe not.

The man stands up, tall, barrel-chested, and black as the forever-closed eyes of RobertJohnson's stillborn baby, and walks out to the middle of the crossroads where Robert

Johnson kneels. He says, Stand up, Robert Johnson. You want to throw that guitar overthere in that ditch with that hairless dog and go on back up to Robinsonville and play theharp with Willie Brown and Son, because you just another guitar player like all the rest, oryou want to play that guitar like nobody ever played it before? Make a sound nobody everheard before? You want to be the King of the Delta Blues and have all the whiskey andwomen you want?

That's a lot of whiskey and women, Devil-Man.

I know you, Robert Johnson, says the man.

Robert Johnson, feels the moonlight bearing down on his head and the back of his neck asthe moon seems to be growing bigger and bigger and brighter and brighter. He feels it likethe heat of the noonday sun bearing down, and the howling and moaning of the dog in theditch penetrates his soul, coming up through his feet and the tips of his fingers through hislegs and arms, settling in that big empty place beneath his breastbone causing him toshake and shudder like a man with the palsy. Robert Johnson says, That dog gone mad.

The man laughs. That hound belong to me. He ain't mad, he's got the Blues. I got his soulin my hand.

The dog lets out a low, long soulful moan, a howling like never heard before, rhythmic,

syncopated grunts, yelps, and barks, seizing Robert Johnson like a Grand Mal, andcausing the strings on his guitar to vibrate, hum, and sing with a sound dark and blue,beautiful, soulful chords and notes possessing Robert Johnson, taking him over, spinninghim around, losing him inside of his own self, wasting him, lifting him up into the sky.Robert Johnson looks over in the ditch and sees the eyes of the dog reflecting the brightmoonlight or, more likely so it seems to Robert Johnson, glowing on their own, a deepviolet penetrating glow, and Robert Johnson knows and feels that he is staring into theeyes of a Hellhound as his body shudders from head to toe.

The man says, The dog ain't for sale, Robert Johnson, but the sound can be yours. That'sthe sound of the Delta Blues.

I got to have that sound, Devil-Man. That sound is mine. Where do I sign?

The man says, You ain't got a pencil, Robert Johnson. Your word is good enough. All yougot to do is keep walking north. But you better be prepared. There are consequences.

Prepared for what, Devil-man?


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You know where you are, Robert Johnson? You are standing in the middle of thecrossroads. At midnight, that full moon is right over your head. You take one more step,you'll be in Rosedale. You take this road to the east, you'll get back over to Highway 61 inCleveland, or you can turn around and go back down to Beulah or just go to the west andsit up on the levee and look at the River. But if you take one more step in the direction

you're headed, you going to be in Rosedale at midnight under this full October moon, andyou are going to have the Blues like never known to this world. My left hand will be foreverwrapped around your soul, and your music will possess all who hear it. That's what's goingto happen. That's what you better be prepared for. Your soul will belong to me. This is not

just any crossroads. I put this X here for a reason, and I been waiting on you.

Robert Johnson rolls his head around, his eyes upwards in their sockets to stare at theblinding light of the moon which has now completely filled tie pitch-black Delta night,piercing his right eye like a bolt of lightning as the midnight hour hits.

He looks the big man squarely in the eyes and says, Step back, Devil-Man, I'm going to

Rosedale. I am the Blues.

The man moves to one side and says, Go on, Robert Johnson. You the King of the DeltaBlues. Go on home to Rosedale. And when you get on up in town, you get you a plate ofhot tamales because you going to be needing something on your stomach where you'reheaded.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Johnsonhttp://www.mudcat.org/rj-dave.cfmhttp://www.vagablogging.net/archives/002438.shtmlhttp://www.deltahaze.com

A Devilish Footnote:In the DeltaLilith Wears Red Shoes

The Devil isnt the only one walking the dark country roads of the rural South. If what theysay in folktales and legends is true, Lilith, his wife and old partner in crime, has followedhim from their old haunts appearing on the roads of America in new shapes and guises.

In Mississippi and Alabama it is believed that Lilith, sometimes called Jezebel, wanders the

back roads of the countryside stealing untended babies from cradles, making cows milk gosour, breaking up marriages and bringing strife wherever she goes.

Sometimes she comes to work in unsuspecting households and before long she is up toher devil-woman tricks. Sometimes she will stay with families and plague them until the lastof their line either runs off or is buried.

Lilith and her guises are familiar in many folk songs of the Old South.


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DIDNT LEAVE NOBODY BUT THE BABY

Go to sleep little babe,Go to sleep little babe,

Your momma's gone awayand your daddy's gonna staydidn't leave nobody but the baby,

Go to sleep little babe,Go to sleep little babe.

Everybody's gone in the cotton and the corndidn't leave nobody but the baby,

You're a sweet little babe,You're a sweet little babe,

Honey in the rockand the sugar don't stopgonna bring a bottle to the baby,

Don't you weep pretty babe,Don't you weep pretty babe,

She's long gone

with her red shoes ongonna need another loving babe,

Go to sleep little babe,Go to sleep little babe,

You and meand the Devil makes threedon't need no other lovin' babe,

Go to sleep little babe,

Go to sleep little babe,

Come lay boneson the alabaster stonesand be my everlovin babe!

Old tales say that you can always tell the Devil-Woman Lilith even if she tries to hide,because shes the one wearing those shiny, new red shoes. Just how she got those shoes


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is a tale in and of itself and to learn about it, follow the link below to one of our favorite sitesfor American folklore!

http://www.themoonlitroad.com/barefootwoman/barefoot_page001.html

Robert got "buried" in more places than most blues guys. The location of Robert Johnson'sgrave is only one item on the list of mysteries surrounding his life and untimely death.Recent evidence points to Little Zion as the real final resting place. A rumor that the originalmarker placed at Little Zion in August 2001 was removed to make way for this largermonument.

www.deadbluesguys.com/dbgtour/johnson_robert.htmND ROBERT JOHNSON AT THECROSSROADS WALLPAPER BY RICARDO PUSTANIO FROM HAUNTED AMERICAGESIZE 1024 X 768

The Search for Robert Johnson, 1992Can't You Hear the Wind Howl? The Life and Music of Robert Johnson, 1997Hellhounds On My Trail: The Afterlife of Robert Johnson (2000). Directed by Robert

Mugge.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Johnson

Below is an email exchange I had regarding this subject. Tofollow along properly please read from the bottom up.Dr. Johnson----- Original Message -----From:Scott JohnsonTo:A Scott JohnsonSent: Friday, June 16, 2006 12:37 AMSubject: Part Three (Response) Christian Rock Blessing or Blasphemy?

Namon: (See Namon's response below mine)


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Because what better way to infiltrate the already apostate Christian Church than to bringSatanic music into the church, further "leavening the whole lump". Satan's having anabsolute field day in the church and most of the church doesn't even see it because theyare blind and want there sin more than they want to live holy before God. See the following

verses relating to the church age we are living in:

Rev 3:14-19: "And unto the angel of the church of the Laodiceans write; These things saiththe Amen, the faithful and true witness, the beginning of the creation of God; I know thyworks, that thou art neither cold nor hot: I would thou wert cold or hot. So then becausethou art lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will spue thee out of my mouth. Because thousayest, I am rich, and increased with goods, and have need of nothing; and knowest notthat thou art wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked: I counsel thee tobuy of me gold tried in the fire, that thou mayest be rich; and white raiment, that thoumayest be clothed, and that the shame of thy nakedness do not appear; and anoint thineeyes with eyesalve, that thou mayest see. As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: bezealous therefore, and repent."

Your arguments are based purely on your opinion and not on Scripture. You are lettingyour heart be your guide, but the Scriptures warn us about this practice in several places.Proverbs 14:12, 16:25 : "There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, but the endthereof are the ways of death."Jeremiah 17:9 : "The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who canknow it?"Proverbs 28:26: "He that trusteth in his own heart is a fool..."

It is obvious you have not researched the links I have provided below because you keepbringing up the same points.Proverbs 18:13: "He that answereth a matter before he heareth it, it is folly and shameunto him."

In regard to all the 'Christian' rock groups and other you have referred to, be careful aboutfollowing men as we are called to follow the Word of God rather man:Jeremiah 17:5 "Thus saith the LORD; Cursed be the man that trusteth in man, and makethflesh his arm, and whose heart departeth from the LORD."

In reference to your last letter; as far as not judging or marking others you need to rightlydivide the Word of truth (II Tim 2:15). When Jesus said 'Judge not, that ye be not judged'he was in reference to hypocritical judgment.

Matthew 7:1-5: "Judge not, that ye be not judged. For with what judgment ye judge, yeshall be judged: and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again. Andwhy beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother's eye, but considerest not the beam thatis in thine own eye? Or how wilt thou say to thy brother, Let me pull out the mote out ofthine eye; and, behold, a beam [is] in thine own eye? Thou hypocrite, first cast out thebeam out of thine own eye; and then shalt thou see clearly to cast out the mote out of thybrother's eye."


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Consider the other Scriptures pertaining to judgement.I Cor. 2:15 "But he that is spiritual judgethall things..."Romans 16: 17&18 (KJV): "Now I beseech you, brethren, mark them which causedivisions on offences contrary to the doctrine which ye have learned; and avoid them. Forthey that are such serve not our Lord Jesus Christ, but their own belly; and by good words

and fair speeches deceive the hearts of the simple."II Timothy 4:14 "Alexanderthe coppersmith did me much evil: the Lord reward himaccording to his works:"Titus 3:10 "A man that is an heretick after the firstandsecondadmonition reject;"All these verses are in the new Testament and all pertain to a Christian judging in a Biblical

way. This one of the main problems with the church: There is no judgmentof right and wrong! When there is no righteous judgment, it causesblindness. This is something God hates (see below):Isaiah 59:8-15: "The way of peace they know not; and there is no judgment in theirgoings: they have made them crooked paths: whosoever goeth therein shall not knowpeace. Therefore is judgment far from us, neither doth justice overtake us: we wait for

light, but behold obscurity; for brightness, but we walk in darkness. We grope for thewall like the blind, and we grope as if we had no eyes: we stumble at noonday as inthe night; we are in desolate places as dead men. We roar all like bears, and mournsore like doves: we look for judgment, but there is none; for salvation, but it is far offfrom us. For our transgressions are multiplied before thee, and our sins testify against us:for our transgressions are]with us; and as for our iniquities, we know them; Intransgressing and lying against the LORD, and departing away from our God, speakingoppression and revolt, conceiving and uttering from the heart words of falsehood.And judgment is turned away backward, and justice standeth afar off: for truth isfallen in the street, and equity cannot enter.

Yea, truth faileth; and he that departeth from evil maketh himself a prey:

and theLORD saw it, and it displeased him that there was no judgment.

"But if the watchman see the sword come, and blow not the trumpet,and the people be not warned; if the sword come, and take any person from among them,he is taken away in his iniquity; but his blood will I require at the watchman's hand."Ezekiel 33:6

Jeremiah 7:28: "But thou shalt say unto them, This [is] a nation that obeyeth not the voiceof the LORD their God, nor receiveth correction: truth is perished, and is cut off from theirmouth."

All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing. -- EdmundBurke

Scott Johnson

----- Original Message -----From:namon


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To:[email protected]: Thursday, June 15, 2006 9:32 PMSubject: Re: [Preaching_Freedom] Christian Rock Blessing or Blasphemy?

OK you're saying Christian rock is evil because the fans of the music worship the singers? When put in thespotlight its hard not to be idolized by someone and that just doesn't include rock music there are as many

gospel singers idolized as there are Christian rock bands so does that make Jimmy Fortune bad or theGaither's what about pastors who pack arenas like Billy Graham I'm sure there's a lot of people who idolizedhim does that make him evil or his message any less godly. It just doesn't make sense to me that thesebands that clearly have talent would choose to do Christian music when they could easily be making probablytriple what they make now if they would sing secular music. If that's all they are interested in secular musicwould provide a much larger following plus more money. So why then do these bands choose what they andI call Christian music?

Namon:

Great question. To get all your questions answered regarding this subject just goto: http://www.av1611.org/cqguide.htmlThese are full guidelines to Biblical music including the "Drums" issue.

Scott

----- Original Message -----From:namonTo:[email protected]: Monday, June 12, 2006 11:34 PMSubject: Re: [Preaching_Freedom] Christian Rock Blessing or Blasphemy?

I'm not trying to upset anybody but adultery is a sin stripping/coveting is a sin and being a drunkard is a sinbut where in the Bible does it say a style of music is a sin? I'm not trying to be rebellious or even beconfrontational. So please don't take it that way I'm just curious as to where the evil lies in an electric guitarand drums? Is Christian country music evil? Or what about Christian soul music? Where are we supposedto draw the line?

----- Original Message -----

From:namon kouriSubject: Re: [Preaching_Freedom] Christian Rock Blessing or Blasphemy?

As long as it's Christian I don't see what it matters. I had stopped listeningto music altogether until I discovered that there are lots of Christian rockgroups that have songs with positive Christian meanings. If it bringssomebody closer to God how can it be wrong?

Namon:

This article (see: http://www.av1611.org/crock.html ) gives you numerous examples of whythis very thing is so wrong. Please take the time to read this information first beforerendering a decision.


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Proverbs 18:13: "He that answereth a matter before he heareth it, it is folly and shameunto him."

The practice of Christian rock was adopted originally from modern day rock music which istotally Satanic in origin. Rock music is of the world and never are we instructed in

Scripture to go back to the world or use the world to win people to Christ.

1John 2:15 "Lovenot the world, neither the things that are in theworld. If any man lovetheworld, thelove of the Father is not in him."

Fallen Angel: The Untold Story of Jimmy Page and Led Zeppelinhttp://www.cuttingedge.org/detail.cfm?ID=525

This book is a startling 648-page expose' of Led Zeppelin'spropagation of a Satanic, Magick, and Masonic Order from Englandcalled "The Argenteum Astrum"; which means 'Silver Star'. This

Masonic-type Black Order was founded by Black Magician, AleisterCrowley -- the "Beast", "Mr. 666" -- who vowed to destroy theChristian faith. Fallen Angel tells the complete story of Crowley andLed Zeppelin's close relationship to Lucifer, aided by 132photographs amplifying the truth of these men;

CP-110 - Spellbound? Rock Music And Its Power To Persuadehttp://www.cuttingedge.org/detail.cfm?ID=1115

Join the Crusaders as they meet a man who tells us how Satan isattacking the church, through spells, astrology, occultic jewelry androck music. "You Christians are in full-scale spiritual warfare, andyou don't even know it. You are being attacked by the Powers ofDarkness through spells and incantations; you are playing "Church",and because you don't read your Bibles, Satan is going for your

jugular vein.

Through charms and infiltrating their churches with Rock Music,Satanists believe they can blow the Christian Church off the face ofthe earth, once the time became "ripe". This scenario is occurringin churches all across this land, with "Praise Bands" and

Contemporary Music and "Christian Rock".

Is this a description of your church? The foretold "Apostasy" of the church -- falling away


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from true doctrine -- is now here, and much of it has been cause by Rock Music.

Link to: DOES JESUS GROOVE TO ROCK MUSIC?http://www.wayoflife.org/fbns/doesjesus.htm

By David Cloud, Way Of Life MinistryThe July issue of Charisma, ... exhorting the readers to "Get in the Groove." Theauthor, J. Lee Grady, mocks traditional Christian music as "dirge-like" and "lily-white" and something only for "grandmothers." He goes on to make thepretentious claim that worship music in Heaven will feature "a dozen Hammond-B3organs and a procession of hip-hop [rap] dancers." Not content with this brazenclaim, Grady tells us that Jesus Christ "loves all music--even the funkiest" and thatJesus Christ enjoys dancing with the angels and "grooving to the sound ofChristian R&B [rhythm and blues] pumped out of a boom box."

Why I Knock so-called "Christian" Rock (Christian/C-Rock)http://www.rapidnet.com/~jbeard/wknock.htmThis is not for C-rockersunless you plan on repenting and following what theBible teaches!The purpose is to assist Christians that are serious in defending their churchesagainst this wile (C-rock and CCM) of our adversary. Nothing in my walk with myLord Jesus, for some 20 years now has been more divisive an issue than music, in

particular so called "Christian" Rock and CCM music.-- That is why I believe an article such as this one is so badly needed.

To Sin to Reach a Sinner?! An Ode to C-Rockers and the like

http://www.rapidnet.com/~jbeard/sintosin.htmFor C-rockers questioning their rationalesince many of them are bent oncriticizing this site.

A quick and easy answer to their many lies and distortions of Gods Holy Word.

Proverbs 14:12, 16:25 : "There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, but the endthereof are the ways of death."

Jeremiah 17:9 : "The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who canknow it?"


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II Corinthians 2:11: "Lest Satan should get an advantage of us: for we are not ignorant ofhis devices."

John 8:31&32: "Then said Jesus to those Jews which believed on him, If ye continue in myword, then are ye my disciples indeed; And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall

make you free."

Galatians 4:16: Am I therefore become your enemy, because I tell you the truth?

Jeremiah 7:28: "But thou shalt say unto them, This is a nation that obeyeth not the voice ofthe LORD their God, nor receiveth correction: truth is perished, and is cut off from theirmouth."This verse reflects one of the main problems with the church and this country, as theyrefuse to receive correction and as a result truth is perishing."But if the watchman see the sword come, and blow not the trumpet,and the people be not warned; if the sword come, and take any person from among them,

he is taken away in his iniquity; but his blood will I require at the watchman's hand."Ezekiel 33:6

Scott Johnson

----- Original Message -----From:namonTo:[email protected]: Sunday, June 11, 2006 12:55 AMSubject: Re: [Preaching_Freedom] Christian Rock Blessing or Blasphemy?

As long as it's Christian I don't see what it matters. I had stopped listening to musicaltogether until I discovered that there are lots of Christian rock groups that have songswith positive Christian meanings. If it brings somebody closer to God how can it be wrong?----- Original Message -----From:Scott JohnsonTo:A Scott JohnsonSent: Saturday, June 10, 2006 8:37 PMSubject: [Preaching_Freedom] Christian Rock Blessing or Blasphemy?


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