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    Commentary: Kanye West preaches a message of love and faith on 'Jesus Is King.' Too bad about the messenger.

    by Gerrick D. Kennedy, Los Angeles Times Oct 29, 2019 5 minutes

    There's a reason the parable of the prodigal son deeply resonates with us, regardless of our relationship to the Bible.

    It's the story of a lost son who has squandered it all and returns home to be met with unconditional love instead of scorn.

    By human nature, we are inspired by narratives of redemption. And there's no public figure toying with redemption more than Kanye West.

    The idea of restoring one's self - in West's case, that's meant becoming a born-again Christian - is at the core of the artist's new gospel-influenced album and accompanying IMAX film, "Jesus Is King." The projects, released Friday, arrived after months of West traveling the country with his Sunday Service church revival, which followed, in whiplash fashion, his MAGA-hat-wearing embrace of President Trump and public rhetoric that

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