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If there were any lingering doubts about the sincerity of Kanye West’s conversion Christianity, the singer, entrepreneur, and fashion designer laid them to rest with the release of Jesus is King, the latest album from one-time outspoken Trump supporter.
Jesus is King followed months of news stories about West’s very public conversion to what National Review calls “a Christianity that bears no resemblance to the vague spiritualism of Moral Therapeutic Deism that is often associated with celebrity conversions.”
“The lyrics to each song in Jesus Is King are shockingly Christian. It is not an album of feel-good Christian spirituality aimed primarily as a message of uplift. West co-wrote and sang the hit “Jesus Walks” on his debut album The College Dropout (2004), but Jesus Is King is different. Throughout the whole of the new album, West is in many respects deeply critical of modernity and cultural progressivism. There are calls for a focus more on the family than on individual glory. He seems to applaud Chick-fil-A, which in our age is tantamount to endorsing bigotry. Social-media obsession should be exchanged for family prayer. Fatherhood is characterized as a virtue. Materialism is pilloried. Calls for worshiping Christ redound to such effect that West’s first Christian album is arguably more Christian than what most contemporary Christian artists could similarly muster.”
So we guess that’s a positive review?
Listen, God bless him. To us, he’ll always be the man who dropped this little ditty:
Nigel and Rob Kendall discussed the bizarre backlash to Kanye West’s conversion with Producer TKW, who actually bought a copy of “Jesus is King.” Actually, his girlfriend bought it.
