You see, around 40 years ago Dylan put out his album "Saved" in which he professed, very plainly, that he was a new Christian in AMAZINGLY Scriptural words. Sadly, since then there has been precious little evidence that his profession was real, because when "persecution" started BECAUSE of his profession, he seems to have backed down. DESPITE the book that tries to spin him into being a consistent Christian, which I've read, the evidence just isn't there unless you mix in a lot of imagination (which I, myself, have done at times) as you read his subsequent lyrics.
I actually quoted some of Dylan's "Christian" lyrics in my recent John Lennon tract, which I wrote because it's 40 years tomorrow since John was slain. Here's that tract, with Bob's lyrics....(click to enlarge)...
Bob's songs span 60 years, and IMHO 300 million is NOT a lot, believe it or not, by that standard.
A pitcher on the Yankees signed a deal for MORE than that (for only 12 years of HIS life's work) just last year!! Sure, that's outrageous but again, this is where we're at. If a baseball pitcher is worth over 300 million for 1/5th of the time that DYLAN spent writing songs, well, it's crazy but Dylan should get MORE than he did.....not that ANYONE is worth that kind of money, of course!!
You see, if Dylan, at the end of HIS life, is only concerned with MONEY and is not asking himself if HE is really "Ready" (like his 1980 lyrics ask OTHERS), well then I feel sorry for him. Jesus said "What does it profit a man if he gains the whole world and loses his soul?" Bob Dylan may not only have sold his SONGS too cheaply....more importantly, he may have sold his SOUL for far less than it's worth, as well.
He may not need MONEY anymore, but he definitely needs PRAYERS!! He's in a dangerous, dangerous place!!
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