The Petra Zone

Ah, actually yeah, that is pretty much what Exe has said, that Bob was not happy with Classic Petra and doesn't want anything more to do with them. He's stated that very clearly to me anyway. Also, there has been no intention on the part of Classic Petra to do another re-recordings album, so I don't...

I would have to agree that Petra is not better than ever, especially not this version, but to be honest, even Classic Petra, which I think was exceptionally good and even better than I expected they would be, is not actually better than they were in their prime, though they do have a harder edge tha...

Thank you. Now maybe a certain someone will stop harassing me over PMs and calling me a liar.

They don't have the option to do something like Kickstarter right now. Also, it's not an issue of whether or not songs have been written. As has been said, the guys are ready and willing to make an album, but right now, they can't. Anything beyond that will have to be addressed by the band.

Some people here are speculating on that, based on what they think they know, but no such announcement has been made. According to management, Bob is still a part of the band and the only reasons that they have not made a new album are reasons that have been beyond the bands control, so the band is ...

Of course not.

It's just an opinion, man, no need to start tossing out the insults.

Yeah, well, somehow I think I'd be hearing folks singing a different tune if someone had approached Greg to do this sort of thing with "Just Reach Out."

I still think it was rather disrespectful to not approach the guy who actually wrote and sang the song for Petra, but that's just me.

Brent, nobody is talking about traditions, but rather the moral law of God which is upheld in both the Old and New Testaments. If you look at the moral law, you will see that it is the same in both. It is by these things that all men are judged and found guilty of sin.

Yeah, I gotta agree, your out in left field on this one, Brent. The Bible is very clear that the law serves a purpose and there is nothing that says that purpose is different for Gentiles. If it was, then there would be no way for Gentiles to sin and they would not need a savior. You might want to t...

There is no point either before during or after salvation that God forces us to respond to his grace. We are helped by his Holy Spirit or we could not respond and the actual saving work is all of God, but yes, we must be willing to go along with the process and yes, this is true even after justifica...

I think that what people need to understand about this song is that it's written to fellow Americans encouraging the kind of American patriotism that was grounded in faith. I'm sure it was never intended to be an insult to anyone in any other country and I think that many who insist on looking at it...

I agree Matthew. I love Classic Petra and as extremely disappointed as I am that they are being left on the back burner (at least for now) I'm not gonna complain about Farewell Petra doing stuff. I mean I don't think I'll go out of my way to go to one of there shows, just because I'm bored with what...

You got that right.