Evangelist Exposes ’Darker Turn’ of Taylor Swift’s Music, Sounds Alarm

An evangelist going viral for his response to pop star Taylor Swift's latest album is explaining why he spoke out and why he's hoping to encourage Christian parents to be discerning. “I'm not an anti-Taylor guy,“ Shane Pruitt told CBN News. “I'm [a] pro-Gospel guy.“ He continued, “Anything that I know is largely affecting parents, or Christians, or people in the church that seems to ... be anti-Gospel, I think we lovingly call it out.“ Pruitt did just that in a April 22 tweet, gently raising concern over some of Swift's lyrics on her “The Tortured Poets Department“ album. “LYRICS MATTER,“ Pruitt tweeted. “Disclaimer, I’m definitely not the minister or parent that has the 'no secular music' stance. Also, I fully realize unbelievers are going to act like unbelievers. HOWEVER, there is a difference between being secular, and being ANTI-CHRISTIAN.“ He then pulled lyrics about people “in their Sunday best&q