PAPA'S GOT A BRAND-NEW BAG (15 OF 28)
by Tim Badal
Scripture: Hebrews 8:1-13
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Papa's Got a Brand-New Bag (15 of 28)
Series: Jesus - Greatest Of All Time
Tim Badal
Hebrews 8:1-13
In 1965, music changed. With one song and one artist, music would never be the same again. That was the year when James Brown entered the music world. Now, for our older generation, you know who James Brown was. How many remember him? In the first service a teenager told me, ''Yeah, I didn't know him, but he was in Rocky IV.'' Yes, James Brown is the guy who sings before the real big fight between Apollo Creed and Dolph Lundgren. But for the most part, the younger generation doesn't know the great style and great music James Brown brought. So I thought you might need a little wake-me-up this morning. [Plays excerpt from ''Papa's Got a Brand-New Bag.'']
In 1965, he introduced the world to funk. He said, ''It ain't no drag-Papa's got a brand-new bag.'' With a focus on the downbeat and a new kind of rhythm and blues, James Brown brought a new style of music to the world. Brown tells the story through the lyrics in that song about an old man who was about to come onto the dance floor. He was going to push away all his traditions, all the old way of doing things, and he was going to ''cut a rug'' in a new way. The song also told a broader story. An article written about the song said it wasn't just about music. James Brown wanted to introduce people to a new way of life, rather than being stuck in the old. In the process of doing this, as scary, difficult and awkward as it may feel at first, there would be great joy and opportunity when we cast off the old and put on the new.
Why in the world would Pastor Tim bring in James Brown on a Sunday morning? It's because Hebrews is written as a reminder to the people that the old is gone and the new has come. He was writing to a group of Jewish believers who had given up the law of Moses, who had left all the rituals and regulations the Old Testament law had, and who had now come to something new. They had found J ...
Series: Jesus - Greatest Of All Time
Tim Badal
Hebrews 8:1-13
In 1965, music changed. With one song and one artist, music would never be the same again. That was the year when James Brown entered the music world. Now, for our older generation, you know who James Brown was. How many remember him? In the first service a teenager told me, ''Yeah, I didn't know him, but he was in Rocky IV.'' Yes, James Brown is the guy who sings before the real big fight between Apollo Creed and Dolph Lundgren. But for the most part, the younger generation doesn't know the great style and great music James Brown brought. So I thought you might need a little wake-me-up this morning. [Plays excerpt from ''Papa's Got a Brand-New Bag.'']
In 1965, he introduced the world to funk. He said, ''It ain't no drag-Papa's got a brand-new bag.'' With a focus on the downbeat and a new kind of rhythm and blues, James Brown brought a new style of music to the world. Brown tells the story through the lyrics in that song about an old man who was about to come onto the dance floor. He was going to push away all his traditions, all the old way of doing things, and he was going to ''cut a rug'' in a new way. The song also told a broader story. An article written about the song said it wasn't just about music. James Brown wanted to introduce people to a new way of life, rather than being stuck in the old. In the process of doing this, as scary, difficult and awkward as it may feel at first, there would be great joy and opportunity when we cast off the old and put on the new.
Why in the world would Pastor Tim bring in James Brown on a Sunday morning? It's because Hebrews is written as a reminder to the people that the old is gone and the new has come. He was writing to a group of Jewish believers who had given up the law of Moses, who had left all the rituals and regulations the Old Testament law had, and who had now come to something new. They had found J ...
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