December 17, 2009 3:56PM
John Lennon and Oral Roberts
"Can He love me?" the former Beatle asked. "I want out of hell."
Ted Olsen
In case you missed it when we posted the excerpt from Steve Turner's The Gospel According to the Beatles, you might be interested this week in reading about the correspondence between John Lennon and Oral Roberts and what happened next.
Posted by Ted Olsen on December 17, 2009 3:56PM
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I could cry.
Posted by: muse at December 17, 2009
Thanks for posting this story. I have never heard this before! Captivating story but sad as well. So close and yet so far...
Posted by: Joe Granola at December 18, 2009
Lennon wrote this song in 1971. Two years later, he wrote a remarkable letter to the Christian evangelist, Oral Roberts. The letter was prompted by the fact that Lennon's cousin had asked Roberts to pray for John and Yoko, and he had agreed to do so. Lennon's letter was handwritten and rambling. In it he revealed that the philosophy expressed in his famous song had left him empty, fearful and suicidal.
Posted by: 8gb usb stick at December 29, 2009
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