tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123697.post5841603748187232087..comments2023-10-17T06:08:27.032-05:00Comments on Grantian Florilegium: Larry Norman (1947-2008)gileskirkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11546229381528820614noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123697.post-67600225988698822172008-03-12T11:02:00.000-05:002008-03-12T11:02:00.000-05:00Thanks Dr. Grant,Larry Norman's "In Another Land" ...Thanks Dr. Grant,<BR/>Larry Norman's "In Another Land" was a help to me as a teen-age Christian and in my witness to lost friends.<BR/>If I may, I wish you would comment directly about music. In Gileskirk lectures I have heard you talk about God authoring music and Satan only corrupting God's creation (thus there is music -- I believe you referenced nine inch nails) that make you grieve said corruption. So where is the line between God's and corrupt?Steve Bennetthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01027948984887094542noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123697.post-1053209868997986182008-02-26T13:15:00.000-06:002008-02-26T13:15:00.000-06:00Norman's songs went everywhere. Once on a trip to ...Norman's songs went everywhere. Once on a trip to Malaysia, I heard a native choir from the mountains of East Malaysia. Their director introduced the next song as native to their mountain region, and said it was about two men working in a field. As the choir, dressed in grass mat shirts and loin cloths, began singing in their nasally, detuned way, I thought I recognized the melody carrying their strange tongue. Then it hit me: "Two men walkin' up a hill; once disappears and one's left standin' still..."<BR/><BR/>I was both amused and moved, and while I lamented the fact that Larry's questionable eschatology had appealed to them, I marveled at the distance a good composition can travel.<BR/><BR/>I can only imagine what joyful eloquence Larry will find in heaven.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123697.post-50456554681257378362008-02-25T20:21:00.000-06:002008-02-25T20:21:00.000-06:00Thank you very much for posting this. Norman was m...Thank you very much for posting this. Norman was my very first exposure to Christian music back in the 70's and I always loved the guy.Jim H.https://www.blogger.com/profile/01392880080245554245noreply@blogger.com