Maybe it’s time to brush off the blog after a break of several months. Some things are just too long to stick in a 140-word tweet.
Just got back from Nova Scotia, so I naturally had the radio on. When it comes to Christian radio through New England and the Maritimes, forget it. Bring your own music and sermon tapes instead, or listed to all-news stations like WCBS, WBZ or News 88.9 in Saint John, New Brunswick. While you may occasionally hear some good preaching (if you are lucky), 99% of the music will be contemporary. It seems that nearly no one programs sacred traditional music anymore. Family Radio (they have stations in Philadelphia, Newark and Hartford) has tolerable music for the most part, but when Harold Camping comes on with his 2011 nonsense and his “I sure hope I’m saved” folly, it ruins everything. BBN has a station in Portland but their music is more hit-and-miss. You may hear a good song, followed by three contemporary ones.
The state of Maine has a surprising number of Christian stations, but none are worth listening to. There is a station in Bath on 105.9 FM (I’ve actually managed to hear that station here in Delaware) offers the usual new-evangelical fare. K-Love and “God’s County” in Augusta and the Bangor station on 88.5 FM are train-wrecks.
There is an increasing number of Christian stations in the Maritimes. I heard one in Saint John and there are stations in Sussex, Moncton and Truro, as well as ones near my in-laws place in Aylesford and Wolfville, Nova Scotia. Again, all of these stations reject sacred traditional music. It is as if they fear that teenagers won’t listen unless they program CCM with heavy beats or the light and airy music. It really is discouraging but not surprising.
While in the motel room in Bangor (I really can’t recommend the Travelodge that much) I stumbled across Peter Popoff on the telly. Remember him? He got caught cheating in one of his healing crusades when he had a radio receiver in his ear and had one of his employees feeding him info on his victims that he claimed he was receiving from the Holy Spirit. Popoff was peddling the usual “Get Rich Quick” version of Christianity. It amazes me that anyone, Christian or not, could actually fall for such a ponzi scheme. I heard a man once say “You can’t con an honest man”. It makes me wonder about the motivations of those who watch and follow the prosperity preachers.
Okay, so I will probably reactivate the Remnant Christian Blog to discuss devotional issues (such as my current emphasis on Psalm 119, a psalm I have somewhat neglected) and some religious matters of interest to remnant saints.
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