To: Lee N. Field
You can't really "fix" a hymn like that. Replacing that one verse doesn't do the job. That's a serious hymn, which teaches a complex theological proposition.
What these people want is either the endless repetition of a banality, or some sort of mushy "Jesus is my Boyfriend" drivel.
16 posted on
07/30/2013 6:07:46 AM PDT by
ArrogantBustard
(Western Civilization is Aborting, Buggering, and Contracepting itself out of existence.)
To: ArrogantBustard
That's a serious hymn, which teaches a complex theological proposition. I have found that to be the case with most if not all the Getty's work. Certainly a significant departure from a lot of todays Christian Pablum masquerading as serious music.
26 posted on
07/30/2013 6:37:42 AM PDT by
gov_bean_ counter
(Romans 1:22 Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools,)
To: ArrogantBustard
"What these people want is either the endless repetition of a banality, or some sort of mushy "Jesus is my Boyfriend" drivel." I call it 'prom date' music. I don't want to jump in the back seat of my car and fog up the windows with God.
A good, but not exclusive, rule of thumb is to count the personal pronouns. We played a song in church on Sunday where references to the seeker outnumbered references to the Savior by more than three to one. It's okay to ask whether that song belongs in church and be honest about the answer.
34 posted on
07/30/2013 8:03:03 AM PDT by
Colonel_Flagg
(Army dad. And damned proud.)
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