Keith Green

I came across the article yesterday via Facebook. Just a short post on the Desiring God blog by Jon Bloom concerning Keith Green. Yesterday was the 28th of July, and the 28th anniversary of the plane crash that took the life of the 28-year-old singer, and DG wanted to mark that anniversary.

I wasn't ever a great fan, or devotee, of Green when he was alive. Mainly, I think, that was not a matter of musical taste but because at that point in my life - especially prior to the age of the web and easy music downloads - I had neither the time nor the money to invest in his music. I am certainly familiar with much of it though, as is anyone who has spent any considerable time in evangelical churches of any persuasion, I'm sure. (Leeks and onions by the Nile, anyone?)

What caught my attention in the Desiring God blog post was this paragraph:

Keith was in love with Jesus in a way that few seemed to be. His passion was the kind I read about in the New Testament. Keith was real. You could tell just by listening to him.  And you could also tell that Keith wasn’t mainly about music, he was about a message. He didn’t care about his career; he cared whether or not people followed Jesus. Keith was all about spreading a passion for the supremacy of Jesus.