Posted on 09/19/2008 10:34:16 PM PDT by Gamecock
In the tradition of shallow, insipid, diabetic coma inducing "Christian" music, ladies and gentlemen, from Pensacola Christian College:
I Give You Freedom (The Whippoorwill Song)
I set the boundries of the ocean vast,
Carved out the mountains from the distant past,
Moulded a man from the miry clay,
Breathed in him life, but he went astray.
CHORUS:
I own the cattle on a thousand hills,
I write the music for the whippoorwills,
Control the planets with their rocks and rills,
But give you freedom to use your own will.
And if you want Me to, I’ll make you whole,
I’ll only do it tho’ if you say so.
I’ll never force you, for I love you so,
I give you freedom - Is it “yes” or “no”?
I hold the waters in My mighty hand
Spread out the heavens with a single span,
Make all creation tremble at My voice,
But My own children come to Me by choice.
(chorus)
Even the oxen knows the master’s stall,
And sheep will recognize the shepherd’s call
I could demand your love - I own you twice,
But only willing love is worth the price!
(chorus)
My holy word now I give to you,
As a shining lamp to guide you through,
My yoke is easy and My burden is light,
Keep looking up, your Heavenly home’s in sight.
(chorus)
I write the music for the whippoorwills,
Control the planets with their rocks and rills,
But give you freedom to use your own will.
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I dunno Gamecock. I think the greater tragedy may be those outfits and their lack of ability to stay on pitch.
In all my years as a Wesleyan, I’ve never heard that song.
***I think the greater tragedy may be those outfits and their lack of ability to stay on pitch.**
That was implied. ;-)
Music serves many purposes, some of which apparently meet with your disapproval. Your use of "Christian," in quotes, is interesting. Say what you will regarding the aesthetics; the message of Christianity (no quotes necessary) is contained in the lyrics.
Maybe you should consider listening to something a tad less guileless, in order to avoid diabetic coma in the future.
**the message of Christianity (no quotes necessary) is contained in the lyrics.**
Actually, no it’s not.
Some things are implied, rather than overt. Other than that, what critique would you like to proffer regarding the Christianity, or the lack you seem to perceive thereof, contained within this innocent little effort by a quartet from a small school?
Glorifies man above God.
Unscriptural theme.
Huh? Who do you think the "I" is, in these lyrics, which are written in a colloquial style, but are drawn from scripture?
I’m listening to it, and I’m thinking that the guy is really nervous.
Even when you are a good singer, a good case of nerves can make you flat as a pancakes.
It might surprise you, but Bob Dylan's "Slow Train Coming" and "Gotta Serve somebody," are some of my favorites.
In is a testimony to a Post-Christian ethos that the best music in the Occident is no longer celebrating Christ.
Mat 11:26 "Yes, Father, for this way was well-pleasing in Your sight.
Mat 11:27 "All things have been handed over to Me by My Father; and no one knows the Son except the Father; nor does anyone know the Father except the Son, and anyone to whom the Son wills to reveal Him.
Like Paul on the Damascus Road, no one can know the Son unless He reveals Himself to us. We don't choose Him. He chooses us.
The church I grew up in used to sing that absolutely insipid song. My dad confiscated the overhead and told the song leader never to sing it again in his church.
Assume you're in a new area, looking for a church. Assume you've found one which seems to have mostly good teaching. But then they sing "prom songs to Jesus." And one of them is pretty bad, and sounds almost like you want to make love to Jesus. (Lest you think I'm exaggerating, here it is.). Then you email the pastor and say what your objection to the song is, and he agrees. Then they sing it again.
Would you ever go back to that church?
Sounds like the pastor isn't actually running the worship service. Maybe there's a "worship team" that's doing it's own thing during the allotted time.
Would I go back? At one time, yes. Now, I'd be inclined to keep looking.
It all points back to “me.”
I would say the doctrine of the local church drives the hymn/music selection.
I would keep looking. Life is to short for bad theology.
Oh, it was very real.
I moved to a new area, and my fiancee and I decided to go church hunting. (I still am.) Anyway, we checked out this one - and at first, we loved it. Then came that song. I told my fiancee I wasn't putting up with that, and so emailed the pastor. He said he'd talk to the worship leader. Two or three weeks later, the song popped up again. I didn't walk out of the service, but I didn't ever come back.
Before I even raised the issue, I emailed the lyrics to some old college buddies, and they agreed that I was not over-analyzing them. They're pretty inappropriate.
Musical style isn't a defining criteria in my church hunt; I don't much care if a church sings all from the Trinity Hymnal or if they sing all Chris Tomlin choruses. But I will not put up with churches that have us sing songs about Jesus that my fiancee couldn't say to me in public without blushing.
All I could think of during that song was the "South Park" about Christian Rock. (Warning: it's South Park - and therefore pretty off-color, but also pretty good satire.)
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