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Larry Norman (April 8, 1947 - February 24, 2008) definitely followed a different road. I pulled the following quote off Wikipedia.

In 1969, Norman recorded his first solo rock album, Upon This Rock with Capitol Records. Speaking to the magazine Contemporary Musicians, Norman later expressed his intentions and feelings about the record:

"I wanted to push aside the traditional gospel quartet music, break down the church doors and let the hippies and the prostitutes and other unwashed rabble into the sanctuary...I wanted to talk about feeding the poor, going into the world....[I felt that] most of the modern music was anemic and needed a transfusion."

The church still struggles with breaking down the church doors and letting unwashed rabble into the sanctuary. And I am guilty, too. May God help me, and you, to rethink our lives in light of Jesus Christ.

PrairieParson
JB