In 1989, the electronic music band Depeche Mode had their biggest hit: “Personal Jesus.” It sounded like a sardonic twist on authentic faith, musing about living life “second best,” but no worries, ...

The song “Personal Jesus” by Depeche Mode describes the faith of many: “Your own personal Jesus. Someone to hear your prayers. Someone who cares.” In this post, John Suk, a professor of homiletics at ...

(RNS) — In a new book, Diana Butler Bass says our understanding of Jesus needs to be informed by personal experience. (RNS) — My earliest memory of Jesus is as a Sunday school flannelgraph cut-out. I ...

I recently re-read Rob Bell’s best selling book, Love Wins, and was pleasantly shocked at how much of it I agree with. Well, I agree with about 80% of it. The problem is that the other 20% is wrong ...

Depeche Mode both shocked and enthralled listeners when they released their 1989 single “Personal Jesus.” Conservative groups, taking the song at face value, believed it was blasphemous. Depeche Mode ...

There are two classic versions of “Personal Jesus” in the world: Depeche Mode‘s original, the hit first single from 1990’s Violator, and Johnny Cash‘s version from 2002’s American IV: The Man Comes ...

In the summer of 1989, Britons opened the “personal” sections of regional newspaper classified adverts and saw a curious entry. “Your own personal Jesus”, it read, followed by a telephone number. Call ...

The band selected its classic “Hysteria” for the A-side of the single, and a cover of Depeche Mode’s “Personal Jesus” for the B-side. Spotify Singles were launched in late 2016, with artists venturing ...

Depeche Mode made the most of their appearance on Thursday as musical guests on The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. The 2020 Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame inductees played their new single for last night’s ...

What if Motorhead wrote Depeche Mode's 1989 synth-rock hit "Personal Jesus"? What would it sound like if sung by the late Lemmy Kilmister, backed by his iconic band of beer drinkers and hell raisers?