U2 Music Trumps Hate
Before it was fashionable to statement"Love Trumps Hate" U2's music has always positioned a positive message of hope, faith, love and acceptance. U2 fans know that the band does not wear its faith on their sleeves rather they allow the lyrics to speak for them. Faith is much more than a statement of belief in God; it's a feeling that extends beyond self and-and reached out to those that need it most within most U2 lyrics you can find a message, reference and most often God is the lyric. Most fans would not call U2 a Christian band, and even they are first to admit they are not a Christian band. They are just a few boys from Dublin.
Tim Heufeld wrote an article“God is in the house” indeed HE is. For the last three decades, U2 has written songs of faith, hope, and love going thru phases as most Christians do. Tim pointed out that on two albums “How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb” and “No Line on the Horizon” could be considered as U2’s grounded works.
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Bono and the Boys never claimed to have a lock on faith, love, and God, only that one should find peace and why not in God, right that Christians look at U2 and wonder how they can be Christian with drinking, and partying and well frankly enjoying life.
Clearly, how can they be? Simply put God is for everyone and how you choose to live your life is a choice you make, it’s not mine or yours to say this person is more God like we are all in God’s image. U2 only provides the tools for you to make your choice. We looked over Tim’s U2 Rapture Playlist and believed its worth a listen. Try it -
Bono: My understanding of the Scriptures has been made simple by the person of Christ. Christ teaches that God is love.
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TOP TEN RAPTURE PLAYLIST
10. “Tomorrow,” October (1981)
Won't you come back tomorrow / Won't you be back tomorrow
Will you be back tomorrow / Can I sleep tonightOpen up, open up to the love of God / To the love of He who made the blind to see
He's coming back / He's coming back
I believe Him / Jesus is coming / I'm gonna be there
9. “Stateless,” The Million Dollar Hotel (2000)
I've got no home in this world / Just gravity, luck, and time
I've got no home in this world / Just you and you are not mineStateless / Weightless / Stateless
8. “A Sort of Homecoming,” The Unforgettable Fire (1984)
And you know it's time to go / Through the sleet and driving snow
Across the fields of mourning / To a light that's in the distanceAnd you hunger for the time / Time to heal, desire, time
And your earth moves beneath / Your own dream landscape
7. “Last Night on Earth,” POP (1997)
She feels the ground is giving way / But she thinks we're better off that way
The more you take the less you feel / The less you know the more you believe
The more you have, the more it takes todayYou got to give it away / You got to give it away
Well, she don't care what it's worth
She's living like it's the last night on earth
6. “Gone,” POP (1997)
You get to feel so guilty got so much for so little
Then you find that feeling just won't go away
You're holding on to every little thing so tightly
Till there's nothing left for you anyayGoodbye, you can keep this suit of lights
I'm be up with the sun / I'm not coming down
5. “I’ll Go Crazy if I Don’t Go Crazy Tonight,” No Line on the Horizon (2009) (Live U2360 Remix of course!)
It's not a hill, it's a mountain / As you start out the climb
Listen for me, I'll be shouting / We're gonna make it all the way to the light
But you now I'll go crazy if I don't go crazy tonight
4. “Where the Streets Have No Name,” Joshua Tree (1987)
Where the streets have no name / Where the streets have no name
We're still building, then burning down love / Burning down love
And when I go there I go there with you / It's all I can do
3. “Walk On,” All That You Can’t Leave Behind (2000)
You're packing a suitcase for a place none of us has been
A place that has to be believed to be seenLeave it behind
2. “Until the End of the World,” Achtung Baby (1991)
Waves of regret and waves of joy / I reached out for the one I tried to destroy
You, you said you'd wait / 'Til the end of the world