Gungor, Dan Haseltine and Doubt

As someone who grew up on Jars of Clay's music and has been impressed with Gungor's artistic creativity and ministerial heart, I appreciate Trevin Wax's mediative analysis.

The left’s response to Gungor and Jars of Clay was to celebrate an artist’s willingness to boldly “ask questions,” to be “authentic,” and to reformulate Christianity in ways that take into consideration our contemporary setting. The conservative response was to decry these artists as defectors from the faith and to write them and their questions off.

My Facebook feed was filled with both responses – those who praised the courage and creativity of Gungor, and those who condemned their unorthodox views. Both attitudes left me unsatisfied.

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