In an earlier blog entry, I had mentioned what my all-time Top 10 Christian rock/pop songs are.
Just to recap, they are:
01. Jesus Freak - DC Talk
02. Take Me To Your Leader - Newsboys
03. More Sold Out - Whiteheart
04. I Am On The Rock - Petra
05. (Never Gonna Be As) Big As Jesus -Audio Adrenaline
06. Little Drummer - Jars of Clay
07. To Hell With The Devil - Stryper
08. Original Superman - Pillar
09. All For You - JONAH33
10. Alive - POD
Today, I shall blog on the song at #7.Stryper hails from California, USA and was formed in 1983. Their name is derived from a famous verse that is often quoted, Isa 53:5 "But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed. (KJV)"
Before becoming Christians, they listened to heavy metal music from the likes of Van Halen, so their music is also much more heavy as compared to other Christian rock bands. In fact, a survey done revealed that two third of those who buy their records are non-Christians.
Their most successful album to date is To Hell with the Devil, released in 1986, and went on to sell more than 2 million copies in the USA.The title track of that album is inspired by the verse Rev 20:10 "And the devil that deceived them was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, where the beast and the false prophet are, and shall be tormented day and night for ever and ever."
I would even venture to say that the lyrics of this song is more scripturally-sound than some sermons I have listened to or some Christian books I have read in the sense that they correctly attribute that the source of all bad things is the evil one :-)
"When things are going wrong you know who to blame, he will always live up to his name"
Speak of the devil, he's no friend of mine
To turn from him is what we have in mind
Just a liar and a thief, the word tells us so
We like to let him know where he can go
Chorus
To hell with the devil
To hell with the devil
When things are going wrong you know who to blame
He will always live up to his name
He's never been the answer there's a better way
We are here to rock you and to say...
[Repeat Chorus]
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