THE SONGWRITER AS PROPHET
- The prophet is a recipient of divine revelation
- Prophecy is to speak the will of God into the world
- Prophets of God
- Isaiah
- Messianic prophecies
- Jeremiah – calls to repent
- Ezekiel – prophesied the destruction of Jerusalem and a coming covenant
- Daniel
- Joel
- Proclaim the whole will of God
- Our work is to bring the revealed word – Word of Law, prophets, writings, new covenant, apostles, eyewitnesses of Jesus, etc.
- The prophetic songwriter is always bringing the truth…revealing all that isn’t a lie
- The prophetic is too cooperate with God’s agenda in turning people from evil
- we come to the lazy, dull, apathetic, heard hearts and speak truth
- we use words that arouse, anger, peak curiosity, words that provoke about what constitutes life on planet earth
- language has an implicit and an explicit function… some artists speak more implicitly – don’t judge those who do
- the prophetic songwriting voice can also be poetic (Dylan’s ‘Gotta Serve Somebody’)
- follow Jesus’ model and move from anger to compassion to distress
- There’s a time and a calling to express ‘distress’ in our songs