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According to Wikipedia, Colorado has an above average proportion of citizens who claim no religion – David Eugene Edwards is not among them.

Born in the city of Eaglewood in 1968, he makes no secret of the fact that he is a committed Christian who literally believes every word of the Bible.  He spent many of his formative years accompanying his grandfather, a Nazarene preacher, as he travelled through small towns to spread the word of the gospel.

In touring as leader of Alt.Country band 16 Horsepower, and now of  Wovenhand,  Edwards is a type of modern-day roving preacher-man delivering his sermons in the form of mostly very bleak songs.

He leaves the listener  in no doubt  that the wages of sin signify death and the prospect of eternal life in Christ doesn’t seem to provide much in the way of consolation or joy. Continue reading

CHURCH WITHOUT CHRIST

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“I preach there are all kinds of truth, your truth and somebody else’s, but behind all of them there’s only one truth and that is that there’s no truth ….no truth behind all truths is what I and this church preach! Where you come from is gone, where you thought you were going never was there, and where you are is no good unless you can get away from it. Where is the place to be? No place”

Hazel Motes preaches for the Church Without Christ in the novel Wise Blood by Flannery O’Connor