Written on April 13, 2008 at 12:54 pm by

“Jesus” on American Idol

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Okay, so I’m posting this a few days late: had to catch up on DVR recordings.

My wife and I were very surprised, and quite pleased, to see the song “Shout to the Lord” by Darlene Zschech of Hillsong performed on American Idol by the remaining contestants as a group.

They actually did the song twice, once on their “Idol Gives Back” event (with the word “Shepherd” substituted for “Jesus” and then again on the results show, with the word “Jesus” intact.

Jesus-free version:

Full of Jesus:

Hat Tip: Fred McKinnon.

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My name is Richard Smolenski and I am a theologian in training. I have an M.A. in Christian Apologetics from Biola University and an M.A. in Religion (Biblical Studies), and an M.Div. in Theology and Apologetics from Liberty Seminary. Richard Smolenski tagged this post with: , Read 107 articles by
  • http://www.jugglecat.blogspot.com Don

    Awesome! I don’t watch Idol — not for any reason accept I’m so busy — but I think that this is awesome and that they did a wonderful job!

  • http://www.itsonmytv.com/2008/05/04/arlo-gilbert-the-man-of-the-hour/ Arlo Gilbert

    Hopefully Simon will be converted through this song.

  • http://thelawway.com/ Phyllis V

    Wow, I had not seen this, although Shout to the Lord is one of my family’s favorites. Hopefully they will all get saved, Simon too!

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    I was not surprised it was on the giving back episode, but I was a little that it was on a regular one. Not that anything is wrong with the song, it just is not considered “cool” by lots of the viewers out there.

  • http://www.vat19.com/ Beth

    I was able to catch pretty much every episode of Idol this season, but I missed the Idol Gives Back episode. I like that song; they gave a nice performance.

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    Where was I when this good episode was played on TV? It’s nothing like very cool and everything, but this is a good spiritual songs exalting the lord over a popular TV Show. So glad you are sharing those here, so I know what I am missing.

  • http://drywalltracker.com/ Montan

    Hi,
    I was not surprised it was on the giving back episode, but I was a little that it was on a regular one. Not that anything is wrong with the song, it just is not considered “cool” by lots of the viewers out there.

  • http://www.cribchangingtables.com Rick Alson

    Truly inspirational and in the spirit of Jesus. I hope this reaches many people.

  • http://www.jimwilsonministries.com Jim Wilson

    May God continue to bless you as you continue to provide quality and informative substance to your posts. God Bless – Rev. Jim Wilson

    I wish with this season we could see people standing up and praising God. We have some pretty good talent that has left American Idol, Mandesa who recorded with Toby Mac, Lose my soul is one of my fav’s !

    Thanks for your posts.

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    Pretty cool post. I just stumbled upon your blog and wanted to say that I have really liked reading your blog posts. Anyway I’ll be subscribing to your blog and I hope you post again soon!

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