For Heaven's Sake

That's not the sort of testimonial that will have folks searching for the "God" artist section in their local music stores. But James sees other value in his work beyond sales tallies: "I just want to wake people up and let them know that this is here, that it has a historical significance of what the Bible actually is. And it has a future significance: The prophecies talk about all things being restored, and if the Bible is an eternal document, then this is part of it."

What's more, he notes, musicians of any faith should look to his music as a validation of their own efforts.

James Bludworth

Channeling the music of God is hard work, but Roger James has got to do it.

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"This really shows God being musically and aesthetically intuitive," he says. "As a musician who is interested in God and goes to church, it's almost painful what you're supposed to worship to today. I always walked out thinking I wasn't spiritual enough because I couldn't lose myself like others did to all this mediocre music. I thought it was a spiritual flaw in myself. Now I've found out it's the other way around, that we've degraded the art. And you don't have to compromise aesthetics to be into God."