Friday, August 27, 2004
Scott Stapp interviewed in Christianity today.
The following is a portion of an interview with former Creed lead singer with Scott Stapp. After years of saying Creed was not a Christian band someone finally asked him about his individual faith. This is a wonderfully honest interview. The part that hit me the most was where he says that he was glad no one asked. How many of us profess to be Christians and don't carry that same fear sometimes? Our life not matching up with a perfect Savior. Scott got the point. The perfect don't need a savior. Of course always remember the only perfect person to ever live got nailed to a cross for his trouble. We won't be perfect, that's why we need grace. The trick is to remember to extend the same grace to all the imperfect people around us.
I also love his comments about being an artist who is a Christian rather than a Christian artist. Think about it. We have a brother in Christ who will no doubt be playing some of the biggest concert venues in the world, being out in the open about his faith and the struggle that comes with it playing for millions of people some of whom are seeking the same things that Scott and many of us have already found. Keep Scott Stapp in your prayers and watch to see what God will do through him.
So, where do you stand in regards to that statement?
Stapp: Oh, I'm a Christian. I was a Christian in Creed, but nobody ever asked me.
You've been really open in this interview. Is that because I'm with the Christian media? Or would you answer these questions similarly for the mainstream media?
Stapp: The nature of my answers are a lot different now that I'm no longer with Creed. I'm a solo artist now, and I don't have a band to hide behind. So when someone asks me if I'm a Christian, I have to say yes, because I am. But do you know I was never asked in 10 years if I was a Christian personally? We were only asked if Creed was a Christian band.
Well, you never got interviewed by us!
Stapp (laughs): But I'm glad nobody asked, because my life wasn't right with God. The Christian community latched onto a lot of my music, because there were a lot of things about my struggle they related to. But I didn't really want to come out and be identified as a Christian, because I didn't want to be a hypocrite, because my life wasn't right. I didn't want to make any kind of public profession until I felt like my heart was right.
I've since learned that my life's never gonna be right, and I'm always going to be scrutinized and looked at under a microscope. And it took me, since I was 17 and left home, running from God, to now, as a 30-year-old man, when I honestly feel like I've come full circle and my heart's finally in the right place. I'm still going to make mistakes, but I don't have any problems with publicly professing my faith now. It just took me a long time to get to the right place in my relationship with Christ.
It's just crazy how things have come full circle for me as a solo artist. I kind of look at everything that happened with Creed as a preparation—me going through things to get my life ready for God's plan. It's been a journey and a learning experience.
So, are you now a "Christian artist," or an artist who happens to be a Christian?
Stapp: I'm an artist who's a Christian, because I don't write music to be evangelical. Now, if that happens, it happens. My dad's a dentist, and he's a Christian. Now, does he put in Christian fillings? No, that's just part of his three-dimensional life. Now, there are people that are Christian artists, because they have a purpose to be evangelical for Christ. I don't feel I've been called to that yet. Now, that could change. There's no telling what kind of call God will put on my life.
The following is a portion of an interview with former Creed lead singer with Scott Stapp. After years of saying Creed was not a Christian band someone finally asked him about his individual faith. This is a wonderfully honest interview. The part that hit me the most was where he says that he was glad no one asked. How many of us profess to be Christians and don't carry that same fear sometimes? Our life not matching up with a perfect Savior. Scott got the point. The perfect don't need a savior. Of course always remember the only perfect person to ever live got nailed to a cross for his trouble. We won't be perfect, that's why we need grace. The trick is to remember to extend the same grace to all the imperfect people around us.
I also love his comments about being an artist who is a Christian rather than a Christian artist. Think about it. We have a brother in Christ who will no doubt be playing some of the biggest concert venues in the world, being out in the open about his faith and the struggle that comes with it playing for millions of people some of whom are seeking the same things that Scott and many of us have already found. Keep Scott Stapp in your prayers and watch to see what God will do through him.
So, where do you stand in regards to that statement?
Stapp: Oh, I'm a Christian. I was a Christian in Creed, but nobody ever asked me.
You've been really open in this interview. Is that because I'm with the Christian media? Or would you answer these questions similarly for the mainstream media?
Stapp: The nature of my answers are a lot different now that I'm no longer with Creed. I'm a solo artist now, and I don't have a band to hide behind. So when someone asks me if I'm a Christian, I have to say yes, because I am. But do you know I was never asked in 10 years if I was a Christian personally? We were only asked if Creed was a Christian band.
Well, you never got interviewed by us!
Stapp (laughs): But I'm glad nobody asked, because my life wasn't right with God. The Christian community latched onto a lot of my music, because there were a lot of things about my struggle they related to. But I didn't really want to come out and be identified as a Christian, because I didn't want to be a hypocrite, because my life wasn't right. I didn't want to make any kind of public profession until I felt like my heart was right.
I've since learned that my life's never gonna be right, and I'm always going to be scrutinized and looked at under a microscope. And it took me, since I was 17 and left home, running from God, to now, as a 30-year-old man, when I honestly feel like I've come full circle and my heart's finally in the right place. I'm still going to make mistakes, but I don't have any problems with publicly professing my faith now. It just took me a long time to get to the right place in my relationship with Christ.
It's just crazy how things have come full circle for me as a solo artist. I kind of look at everything that happened with Creed as a preparation—me going through things to get my life ready for God's plan. It's been a journey and a learning experience.
So, are you now a "Christian artist," or an artist who happens to be a Christian?
Stapp: I'm an artist who's a Christian, because I don't write music to be evangelical. Now, if that happens, it happens. My dad's a dentist, and he's a Christian. Now, does he put in Christian fillings? No, that's just part of his three-dimensional life. Now, there are people that are Christian artists, because they have a purpose to be evangelical for Christ. I don't feel I've been called to that yet. Now, that could change. There's no telling what kind of call God will put on my life.
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