The late Gary S. Paxton, best known in music circles as a producer of early 1960s novelty records such as “Alley-Oop” by The Hollywood Argyles and “Monster Mash” by Bobby “Boris” Pickett, recorded several Christian albums after his conversion in 1971. They were not normal recordings, unless you consider songs with titles such as “Only Christians Kill Their Wounded” and lyrics to match, standard issue.

Only Christians they kill their wounded
Lonely souls in turmoil likе me
Only Christians kill their wounded
Why can’t thеy try to ward off defeat?
While the world tries to help its own
Christians love to throw stones
Why do Christians always kill their wounded?

The new episode of Cephas Hour delves into this quagmire, talking about how telling a hurting person they shouldn’t be is as unfeeling and illogical as telling a hungry person they would feel better if they ate something. Like, they don’t know?

You can listen to the podcast on-demand at its website or wherever you get your podcasts as long as it isn’t Spotify. Long story. Hope you enjoy it, and thanks.

A final note regarding the podcast. Thank you to everyone who has reached out during my unplanned absence from the podcast airwaves (podwaves?). I am hopefully getting back into the swing of things. A couple of sad events in May 2025 affecting the Christian music family are mentioned late in the show: the passing of The Alarm’s leader Mike Peters, and the sudden death of Derri Daugherty’s (The Choir, The Lost Dogs) son Chance. All love and prayers to their families and friends.