One person wrote:

it’s easy to pick apart others, but i am always looking for folks opinions on who is a good lyric writer from a christian in this era. anyone?

Mark responded:

U2 – http://www.lyricsfreak.com/u/u2/

U2 is an Irish rock band featuring Bono (Paul David Hewson) on vocals and guitar, The Edge (David Howell Evans) on guitar and pianos and vocals, Adam Clayton on bass, and Larry Mullen Jr on drums and vocals. U2 has been one of the most popular rock bands in the world since the 1980s. They have sold over 120 million albums worldwide, had six #1 albums in the U.S. and are widely considered as one of the most successful groups of the last 25 years.

*According to the book “Bono on Bono” all members of U2 are now Christians. Adam Clayton became a Christian recently.

Bob Dylan – http://www.bobdylan.com/songs/

Bob Dylan is THE lyricist that everyone else envies. A Messianic Jew.

No-one else comes anywhere close to either of these..

May 2006