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WHEN Kirk Franklin announced that his 11th studio album would be called “Losing My Religion”, the title and viewpoints that came along with it sparked mixed reaction.
Franklin is an American gospel musician, choir director, and author. He is known for leading urban contemporary gospel choirs such as The Family, God’s Property and One Nation Crew.
“Religion, throughout the years, has become a very oppressive thing that doesn’t allow people to get to know the God it was created to try to lead them to.
“So basically, it’s just like marriage cannot guarantee intimacy, religion doesn’t guarantee relationship,” the 45-year-old recording artist, songwriter and producer said on the “Tom Joyner Morning Show” recently.
“It doesn’t guarantee you’re going to have a loving relationship with God. So God becomes this distant person that’s always pointing at my sins, always beating me up and you never know Him as a friend and as a father.”
On the contrary, Franklin made a point to speak about how much God loves people, despite their sins.
“We don’t have to try to be perfect. We’ll never be,” he said on the radio show.
“It’s really only one person that has lived the Christian life and that was Christ Himself.”
According to the songwriter and former choir director, people should not rely on man to determine their personal relationship with God.
“We think we need man and these systems to make us right with God and it’s not that. It’s when we accept His gift, we’re right. Right there and then, we’re right,” he said. “We’re getting rid of the systems and all the rules, and the processes, and it’s like, let’s fall in love with the Father and see Him as a father that loves us, as flawed as we are.”
Last month, Franklin took to Instagram to reveal the title of his first album in four years, while introducing the concept to fans.
“In the beginning religion created a MASK … for generations church was where we went to go HIDE …. rules without relationship is empty INSIDE. … There’s room at the cross for everyone even ME … religion is a prison, but truth sets us FREE,” Franklin wrote.
“The next time you THINK America, PLEASE include ME. … The preacher isn’t God, religion’s first MISTAKE … I’m losing my religion, THANK GOD … Helping YOU lose yours is my job.” — Christian Post
