Larry Norman 19 The Last Supper

Title: The Last Supper
Artist: Larry Norman
Album: Upon This Rock
Released: Capitol Records 1970
*None of the footage is of the actual performance of the song.
Larry Norman commonly known as the father of Christian Rock released Upon This Rock with Capitol Records in 1969. He as not the only to come out at the time but being in contract with Capitol Records gave him a prominent position. In addition, that year were released The Search Party’s Montgomery Chapel and Aum’s Resurrection. Then 1970 saw a good number of Christian rock releases, although Larry Norman’s Upon This Rock did not fair well in the market and led to Larry Norman being dropped from the label. It eventually did achieve some success when placed in Christian book stores. The Christian market version had although been greatly remastered. His second major release (in between were Street Level [1970] and Bootleg [1972]) Only Visiting This Planet on Verve Records [1972] has been ranked number 2 of the all time best CCM albums.
Larry Norman is an example of the human condition. A pioneer of the Christian Music Industry who was often relegated to the sidelines. He suffered broken friendships and broken marriages, and serious health issues. Humanity is frail and resilient; we make mistakes, we SIN, we endure and persevere. Great men of God do make great errors. Abraham had risked Sarah to be taken by Pharaoh to have. David slept with Bathsheba and set her husband up to be killed. After their passing we learn so much of the faults of the Christian heroes. Their was one who was perfect and he lived that perfect life to save us from our grievous condition. The condition of the Christian should be a person aware of their inadequacies and repentant in love for Christ in consideration of the seriousness with which he treated the nature of our condition, that he had to pay such an extreme price.
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