Watch it critically
I have seen one of the videos. The church I was a member of a year ago was doing a youth summit on hip-hop and it was recommended. I watched it with the summit planning committee. All I will say right now is that you should watch it with a critical eye. Though I think he is sincere, Elder Lewis makes some very bold claims about hip-hop that he says the Holy Spirit "revealed" to him. Yet the information he uses to back up the claims is very subjective and not definitive at all ( i.e. claims that Afrika Bambatta's Zulu Nation advocate the worship of Ancient Egyptian Dieties and that Ja-Rule wants his listeners to worship him in the line "Ja 3:16"). Before you show this to youth groups or young people and present this as "Gospel", I would give it a critical viewing with other adults and a seminary trained pastor so that you could assess the validity of his arguements in light of scripture and the best hermeneutical practices.
Blackwatch!!!!!!
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