{"id":18802,"date":"2026-03-11T06:41:08","date_gmt":"2026-03-11T06:41:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gpbookstore.org\/articles\/uncategorized\/new-book-explores-how-the-bible-has-influenced-popular-music\/"},"modified":"2026-04-10T06:06:33","modified_gmt":"2026-04-10T06:06:33","slug":"new-book-explores-how-the-bible-has-influenced-popular-music","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gpbookstore.org\/articles\/positive-living\/entertainment\/music\/new-book-explores-how-the-bible-has-influenced-popular-music\/","title":{"rendered":"New Book Explores How the Bible Has Influenced Popular Music"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Steve Turner has been writing about music for almost 50 years. Along the way he\u2019s interviewed everyone from John Lennon to Mick Jagger, and written biographies on Johnny Cash and John Newton, the writer of the hymn \u2018Amazing Grace.\u2019 His latest venture is <em>Turn Turn Turn: Popular Songs Inspired by the Bible<\/em>, a new book chronicling references to God and Scripture in popular music.<\/p>\n<p>Turner has long written about the <a href=\"https:\/\/gpbookstore.org\/articles\/prayer\/prayers-for-strength\/a-prayer-for-healing-and-the-power-of-music\/\">intersection of music and faith<\/a>. It often came up in interviews with singers like John Lennon and Sting, and although many listeners miss them, Turner noticed that popular music was littered with spiritual references.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf you\u2019re steeped in [the Bible] then your ears prick up,\u201d Turner told <em>Guideposts.org<\/em>. \u201cI notice [Bible quotes], they jump out at me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Many of the songs in the book have spiritual references hidden in plain sight. One example is <a href=\"https:\/\/gpbookstore.org\/articles\/positive-living\/health-and-wellness\/addiction-and-recovery\/guideposts-classics-johnny-cash-on-overcoming-addiction\/\">\u201cI Walk the Line\u201d by Johnny Cash<\/a>. Turner points out that the song could be sung to Cash\u2019s wife, but could also be sung as a prayer directly to God.  <\/p>\n<p>\u201cMany [people don\u2019t know] Johnny Cash sang gospel songs,\u201d Turner said. \u201cThis is a song about his commitment to his wife and\u2026how he\u2019s going to keep his vows.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Over the course of his writing career, Turner has seen artists and the public open up to spiritual references in music.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor example, you take Johnnie Ray singing a gospel song in the film <em>There&#8217;s No Business Like Show Business<\/em>,\u201d Turner said, referencing the 1954 film. \u201cThey had to have a Catholic priest on hand to make sure it was all done reverently.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Standards began to change in the 1960s as musicians began exploring spiritual themes in their songs. The Beach Boys including an explicit spiritual reference in the title of their song \u201cGod Only Knows.\u201d Simon &amp; Garfunkel included the lyric \u201cJesus loves you more than you will know\u201d in their hit song \u201cMrs. Robinson.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat was considered quite risqu\u00e9 at the time, that you could casually mention Jesus like that in a song,\u201d Turner said. \u201cReligious subject matter became part of the landscape of rock music. There was\u2026freedom to talk about religious matters.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>Turn Turn Turn <\/em>traces this evolution in music from the mid-1930s to present day, covering songs from retro icons like Elvis Presley and Jerry Lee Lewis to modern pop stars like Lady Gaga and Katy Perry.<\/p>\n<p>When laid out plainly, spiritual themes are quick to emerge. One common reference is to the song <a href=\"https:\/\/gpbookstore.org\/articles\/positive-living\/entertainment\/movies-and-tv\/amazing-grace-the-police-officer-who\/\">\u201cAmazing Grace\u201d<\/a> specifically the line \u2018I once was blind but now I see.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA lot of songs pick up on that because it\u2019s a universal image of enlightenment,\u201d Turner said.<\/p>\n<p>Another common reference is to an image from Revelation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere are several songs that eluded to tears being wiped away like [the verse in Revelation],\u201d Turner said. \u201cSome of those phrases are kind of in the air, people absorb them and they don&#8217;t even know the origin of it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Even Turner was surprised to discover biblical references in some of his favorite songs.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI listened to \u201cBad Moon Rising\u201d by Credence Clearwater Revival for years and hadn\u2019t really noticed where the music came from,\u201d Turner said. \u201cIt\u2019s very much imagery from the gospel. I was quite surprised by how much of the Bible had snuck into it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Turner hopes <em>Turn Turn Turn <\/em>gives readers an overview of the relationship between music and Scripture over time.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou can see fresh things being added and fresh steps being made and the caliber of music being expanded,\u201d Turner said. \u201cI would like to think the book would start the discussion and be useful.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Steve Turner has been writing about music for almost 50 years. 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