The faith of Kanye West: Two biblical responses to celebrity conversions
The Daily Article
The Denison Forum
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🗓️ 7 November 2019
⏱️ 7 minutes
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THE DAILY ARTICLE FOR NOVEMBER 7, 2019
Kanye West's conversion and new Christian album are making national headlines. Today's podcast tells the story of his faith commitment, examines response, and discusses two biblical principles that are essential for true biblical community.
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| 0:00.0 | This is the Daily Article podcast, published by the Denison Forum for Culture-Changing Christians. |
| 0:07.8 | To receive the Daily article directly to your email inbox each weekday morning, visit |
| 0:12.4 | thedailyarticle.com. Now here's today's news, discerned differently. |
| 0:19.5 | Kanye West is one of the best-selling artists of all time, with more than 140 million |
| 0:25.6 | records sold. |
| 0:26.6 | He has been described as a rapper, singer, songwriter, record producer, entrepreneur, |
| 0:31.6 | and fashion designer. |
| 0:33.6 | His latest album, Jesus is King, debuted at number one on the charts. |
| 0:38.7 | Every song in the album has appeared on Billboard's Hot 100 this week as well. |
| 0:43.8 | His faith is making as many headlines as his albums. |
| 0:47.5 | West launched Sunday service, a Christian worship group earlier this year. |
| 0:52.3 | Its first public performance was on Easter Sunday. At a service this |
| 0:56.3 | past Friday, more than a thousand people reportedly raised their hands to commit their lives to |
| 1:02.0 | Christ. A pastor who attended the service called it a new wave of revival. West explained the |
| 1:08.2 | purpose behind Jesus is king. Music is my job. That's why I'm putting out the album. |
| 1:14.4 | Serving God and everything that I can do is my job. That's why I'm here. That's why I'm on this planet |
| 1:20.9 | is to be in service and in fear love and service to God. |
| 1:27.8 | West has struggled with mental health issues over the years, |
| 1:31.5 | at one point telling David Letterman that he has bipolar disorder. |
| 1:35.8 | His wife, Kim Kardashian-West, told the view that her husband's new album was instrumental |
| 1:41.2 | in his becoming a Christian. |
| 1:43.3 | Kanye started this to really heal himself, |
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