Schimmel does, however, think that Satan can inspire music based on a popular but questionable understanding of Isaiah 4 and Ezekiel 28. Schimmel also admits that Satan has many tools of deception and is not limited in his influence to rock music, or even music in general. Instead, he focuses on the lyrics, lifestyles, and statements made by the artists as evidence of his points. This admission of neutrality on the style end of things is refreshing. He also states that music can be used for good or evil. Schimmel avoids some of the more cliché (and, I believe, absurd) arguments such as rock’s alleged “demonic drumbeat,” or the idea that some music styles are evil in and of themselves. Good Pointsįor an anti-rock “expose'” the arguments are not as bad as many have been in the past. The videos consist of Schimmel’s commentary followed by clips demonstrating his points about various artists and the effect he believes their music is having on the world.
I watched two of them (including Rock-n-Roll Sorcerers) to appease a friend, and I include the material from both here.
#Thinking rock review full#
This was reflected in a video series which came in various packages of varying age and length (the largest is a full ten hours!). At one time his main area of concern seemed to have been exposing the evil behind rock music. Pastor Joe Schimmel is founder of Fight the Good Fight Ministries and pastor at Blessed Hope Chapel in Simi Valley, California. I did a major website overhaul some years ago to get rid of out of date or irrelevant content, but I continue to get requests for this article so I have chosen to repost it.
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