When Dylan issued the album Slow Train Coming in 1979, it was a surprise to most of his fans: the protest singer, beatnik, former Jew even, had converted to Christianity, and to one of the more extremely evangelist directions, at that: the Vineyard Fellowship in California. The message that is conveyed on Slow Train Coming and the two following albums, Saved and Shot of Love, is uncompromising. The lyrics, especially on Slow Train, are marked by the strong conviction that we are living in the endtimes and that Judgement Day is just around the corner.
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