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Hailu [Visitor] in response to: Review:- Taking a closer look at Dereje's Kebede new album (By Gezahegn Mussie)

Hailu [Visitor] — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 05:59:11 +0000

Brother Gezahegn that is your observation. But I have a question for Gezahegn and all those who agree with his comments.Dereje Kebede is not part of the Ethiopian community.He is not a memeber of any Ethiopian church here in the united states so how come he try to correct what is in Ethiopian churches ?
He has to be part of the congregation.
When we look at the history of the church one of reformers by the name John Hus was burned to death as a heretic on july 6th 1415. But John Hus remained a dedicated Catholic.I can name one reformer after another who remained loyal to their congregation eventhough they do not agree with the teaching of the catholic church.Because they vowed that their life would count for one thing- the reformation of the catholic church from within.
What happened to Dereje Kebede ? Who persecuted him ? Why is he running away from the Ethiopian congregation and try to correct the problem in Ethiopian churches. I see him as a hypocrite nothing more than that.If he is not with us let him keep quite.

daniel taffese [Visitor] in response to: Review:- Taking a closer look at Dereje's Kebede new album (By Gezahegn Mussie)

daniel taffese [Visitor] — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 16:29:49 +0000

i personaly enjoyed Gezahegn and the comments he made.
i realy love to listen to dere's old & new albums. god bless dere!

memhir abraraw [Visitor] in response to: Review:- Taking a closer look at Dereje's Kebede new album (By Gezahegn Mussie)

memhir abraraw [Visitor] — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 23:13:20 +0000

I enjoyed both the article by Gezahegn and the comments made. Eventhough the article capitalized on one song (ye amliko netsanet), the observation is excellent.

To share biblical and theological truths we don't have to be in America or Ethiopia. Biblical and theological truths are not subjective. We also don't have to be from certain geographical location to share our concerns (be it in writing or with songs) and contemporary flaws. Dereje really "abeje"! Gezahegn has put it very well.

Most of our "cheqla" singers do not know those years of persecution and do not have the reference to compare the modern-day so-called ministers. What they sing is "tegibealehu, amrealehu, wefrealehu" etc. And they are satisfied with that and the money they are making. They think we, the listeners, are satisfied as well. How wrong! Unfortunately, There is no standard or a body that checks the songs that are mass-produced.

Both Dereje and Gezahegn, way to go!

God bless you all (including Ethiocross and thos of you who share well meant opinions).

memhir abraraw

Yosef Degefi [Visitor] in response to: Review:- Taking a closer look at Dereje's Kebede new album (By Gezahegn Mussie)

Yosef Degefi [Visitor] — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 04:59:52 +0000

O! WHAT a WODERFUL OBSERVATION and comment. God Bless you, Gezahen Mussie in abandunet. Yes. We need to appreciate genuine Gosbel singers and servants like Derje Kebede and others. Brother Gezahen; you are right, If we really exmine our christian lives and our churchs lives, almost all of us, mainly our leaders are against the Gosbel truth, HEPOCRATS. But, the good thing is We still have time and GOD's mercy up on us for clean up. To be practical, Let's stand up brothers and sisters in christ to clean the churchs's messes up. For those who still do not fell these all messed ups, Let God help you by giving you clear and clean insight and perception to see and clean junks in your lives and in your churchs lives like Derje Kebede and very few God's other serevants. JESUS HELP us. AMEN.

YOSEF DEGEFI [Visitor] in response to: Review:- Taking a closer look at Dereje's Kebede new album (By Gezahegn Mussie)

YOSEF DEGEFI [Visitor] — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 04:55:33 +0000

abenezer.abraham [Visitor] in response to: Review:- Taking a closer look at Dereje's Kebede new album (By Gezahegn Mussie)

abenezer.abraham [Visitor] — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 01:58:23 +0000

thank ye gashe gezehaghe for your constractive comment ,May God bless ye.I know derege through his exceptional and heavenly songs since my childhood even before i came to christ accepting him as personal savior..i have been personaly touched by Derege's devine and heavenly songs for years .Derege,who has been teaching me through out my life ,by being optimistic , on one hand he points towards himself and showing his weakness inside out on the other hand he teaches and advises others in his anoited, powerful and heavenly words which could rarely be seen and told in this pretendable chrstian life.Derege is a very incomarable person as he alwayes sings the truth that kept hidden in every individual.his songs indicate a person's(mine) weakness on his way telling and concidering himself a siner who saved simply by grace of God and still battles with sin and flesh as we all do.
" mene yeshaleghale aye mene yeshaleghale ...kezihe muwach sega mane yelegheale.." this is the person i love most ...and never give up to open my ears and also never fed up to pay attention for what he says through his songs and words ..what he tried to disclose in his 9th album is what God has given him to tell for those "zemenegha chrstians yetekeme bariyawoche".zare yalemekera yemesegana zemene newe eyalene yemenezemerwe enesu bekefelulene waga newe ...yedurowochu,eweneteghocheu ...geta yebarekehe dere ,gashe gezaheghe egeziyabehere yebarkehe selesetehene besale mele-ekete ..ewenete menegezeme ewenete newe !Derege's songs are devotional ,very teaching, inspirational and timelss which are being heared by all ethiopian chrstian generation and unblievers too as i used to do it before i came to christ.God bless ye all .

fisseha michael [Visitor] in response to: Review:- Taking a closer look at Dereje's Kebede new album (By Gezahegn Mussie)

fisseha michael [Visitor] — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 21:41:23 +0000

I would like to thank you Dereje, because God change many lives through his service, I know Dereje Kebede and his family personally, when he was in Ethiopia, he is grate Man of God. Let us appreciate people who served God for the past and encouraged for the feature.

Fisseh Michael